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MAJ. GEN. JAMES H. McRAE 
(Portrait reproduced by courtesy of the artist — Joseph Cummings Chase) 

The 78th or Lightning Division landed in England May 31st to June 
5th, 1918; in France June 1st to June 11th, 1918. 

AREAS: Behind Hazebrouck, Nielles-lez-Blequin, to July 19, 1918. 
Behind Arras, Roellecourt. July 19th to Aug. 20th, 1918. Bourbonne-les- 
Bains. American zone, Aug. 21st to Aug. 31st, 1918. F. A. Brigade, Camp 
de Meucon (Morbihan), to Aug. 17th, 1918. Semur-en-Aussois (Cote- 
d'Or) American zone, Nov. 15th. 

SECTORS : Limey and Puvenelle sectors, Saint-Mihiel Front, Sept. 
16th to Oct. 4th. Grandpre. St.-Juvin Sector, Argonne Front, Oct. 16th to 
Nov. 5th, 1918. 

BATTLES: St.-Mihiel Attack, Sept. 12th to Sept. 16th, 1918. Limey 
Sector. St.-Mihiel Front, Sept. 16th to Oct. 4th. Argonne-Meuse Battle. Oct. 
16th to Nov. 5th, 1918. 



A HISTORY 

OF THE 

THREE HUNDRED TENTH 
INFANTRY 

SEVENTY-EIGHTH DIVISION 

U. S. A. 



1917 :: 1919 *' 



PUBLISHED BY THE 

ASSOCIATION OF THE 310th INFANTRY 

NEW YORK 

Printed by The Schilling Press, Inc., New York City 



n 






Copyright 1919 by 
310th Infantry Assn. 






FOREWORD 



DURING the twenty months of the exist- 
ence of the 310th Infantry there have 
been carried on the rolls of the regiment the 
names of probably more than 7,500 officers 
and men. Many of those, of course, were not 
members during the service of the regiment in 
the line. While many were transferred prior to 
that time and numerous others have joined us 
since, it is nevertheless believed that all will 
feel a pride and a satisfaction in the splendid 
record the regiment made. Those replacements 
who joined since the Armistice have acquired 
as their own the regiment's traditions and 
reputation for efficiency. 

The entire narrative was originally prepared 
by Captain Raymond L. Thompson, Regi- 
mental Operations and Intelligence Officer 
and is a plain, unadorned statement of the 
movements and operations of the regiment. The 



appendices and statistical tables are the work 
of Captain Earle B. Dane, Regimental Personal 
Adjutant, in collaboration with Captain Herbert 
N. Vanderwerker, Regimental Adjutant. 

As the years pass, the sentimental value of this 
history will increase and I hope the book will 
be carefully treasured by all who possess it. 
Our Division and our Regiment need no adver- 
tisement. Our story will be told many, many 
times, but, in the telling, let me urge all to 
follow the advice given in a recent address by 
our First Corps Commander, Major General 
William M. Wright: ''Don't boast." It is 
equally essential that, when reciting our exper- 
iences, we should profit by the example set us by 
our own Division Commander, Major General 
James H. McRae, of giving due credit for and 
of never belittling the performance of others. 

W. C. Babcock 

Colonel, jioth Infantry 
Commanding 

Headquarters, 310th Infantry 
American Expeditionary Forces 
Vic de Chassenay, France 
April 20, 1919. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Page 
Part L Training Period, Camp Dix to Passavant 15 

Part II. The March to the Front, Passavant to Thiaucourt. . 37 

Part III. The Limey Sector, and Raid on Mon Plaisir 65 

Report of The Supply Co., at Thiacourt 90 

Report of The Medical Detachment, at Thiaucourt 92 

Citations and Awards,St.Mihiel and the Limey Sector 97 

Part IV. The March to the Argonne, Thiaucourt to the Aire. 109 

Part V. The Meuse-Argonne, First Phase 123 

The Meuse-Argonne, Second Phase 149 

Report of The Supply Co., in the Argonne 170 

Report of The Medical Department, in the Argonne 173 

Citations and Awards, Meuse-Argonne Offensive.. 177 

2nd Platoon, 303rd FSB, with the 310th Infantry. . 197 

Part VI. The 21st Training Area and Demobilization 203 

Part VII. Casualty Tables and Lists 224 





TH^ €OLO/fS 









COL. WALTER C. BABCOCK, D. S. M. 



Part I. 

TRAINING PERIOD 

August, 1917, to August, 1918 

Camp Dix, N. J., to Passavant, Haute-Marne, France 



TRAINING PERIOD 
August, 1917, to August, 1918 

On the 28th day of August, 1917, the officers of what was later 
to be the 310th Infantry arrived at Camp Dix, amidst a maze of 
unfinished buildings, hot sun, and sand. It was a long hike with 
our suitcases to Division Headquarters, and, instead of reporting 
(as we had been carefully coached) to a Major General, a tired 
sergeant took our names and told us to read the Bulletin Board. 

Such was our introduction to the Army. 

Having ferretted out the name of our Regiment-to-be from the 
mass of G. O.s and Memos on the Bulletin Board, we trudged on 
through more sand to "1028." Here we found a barracks in embryo 
and having learned, — even so early in the game, that "any place is 
home" we gathered unto ourselves cots and blankets, and while 
wailing developments looked for some place to eat. 

Gradually our officer personnel assembled and we found we con- 
sisted of Companies 3, 4, and 9, Madison Barracks, with a sprink- 
ling of newly made 2nd Lieutenants from the Regular Army, — on 
whom we looked with awe. These men were "soldiers" and we 
Ninety-Day Officers were supposed to be heavenly-endowed with 
some super intelligence which had suddenly qualified us in three 
short months to be as great as they. Phulps, Lehmann, Ambler, 
Merchant, Kentner, all — little you realized what you stood for in 
our eyes those early days. 

Of enlisted men we had none; the non-commissioned staff of 
the regiment were to be forrned from that mysterious five per cent, 
of the first draft which was theoretically to equip us with our NCO 
personnel. Within a day or so, however, tw^o enlisted men reported : 
Metz and Chapman, having each barely failed to make the grade 
at Madison; Metz, later to be our first Regimental Sergeant Major, 
and Chapman to be the first of the long series of tedious transfers 
made from the splendid personnel of the regiment. 

Meanwhile we had our first inspection by the Colonel, who lined 
us up by companies and decreed that Army Regulations in the matter 
of uniform, etc. should be strictly adhered to. 

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TRAINING PERIOD 17 

At last we were in the Army. For us the war was on. 

There followed the temporary appointments of the necessary 
Regimental Staff, and, very gradually, a tentative appointment of 
the various officers into Battalions and Companies. 

The draft came in and we had our first experience with morning 
reports (based on the teachings of Captain Prime), clothing slips, 
and the general outfitting and training of the men. Ready-made 
NCOs from the 4th, 17th and 55th, as well as from the CAC, 
dropped in upon us and we learned what a regular NCO was like. 
The draft took hold of the training eagerly, and far from being 
unable to keep up with the complicated schedules which reached us, 
the difficulty lay in holding the men down to fundamentals. The 
men were eager to learn, quick to assimilate, and "Squads Right" 
and "Left Front into Line" were becoming kindergarten details 
to us. 

Through September, October and November, the intensive train- 
ing continued, — both men and officers showing keenness. The supply 
situation began slowly to straighten itself out; the men were becom- 
ing uniformed ; and not only was a regimental morale founded 
but competition among the companies grew daily on the sand-and- 
weed parade ground back of Regimental Headquarters. Guard Mount 
had been added to our troubles and by dint of special instruction 
periods, we were learning to present a creditable appearance; the 
Band, such as it was, had learned where to put its feet; and "Eyes 
Right" was ceasing to be the "Right Oblique" it first had threatened 
to develop into. 

We had a Regiment; we had officers; and we had the men. 
"Bring on the Hun!" we felt, the 310th would do its share. Our 
men were fit, and our commissioned and non-commissioned officers 
were seething with the knowledge gained from the multitudinous 
schools established by Division Headquarters. 

Then the blow fell. A first consignment of some 800 men for 
the 82nd Division, seeemd to become the signal for the heartbreaking 
transfers that promised to smash the spirit of all ; calls not only 
outside the Division, but inside as well, robbed us of our men on 
whom we had spent so much faithful time, and we watched the 
companies dwindle until "Retreat" sounded with a single squad or 
less of non-commissioned officers at "Present Arms" parading with 
eight officers solemnly at "Right Hand Salute." 

It was a bitter experience. 



TABLE 4. 
Infantry Regiment. 

Maximum Strength. 



3 4 5 



Regiment 



















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as 


II 


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c 



Coloael 

Lieutenant Colonel . . . . 

Majors 

Captains ; . 

1st Lieutenants 

M Lieutenants 

Chaplains (e) ...... . 

Total Commissioned. . 

Regimental Sergeant Major. 
Ordnance Sergeant . . . . 
Regimental Supply Ser- 
geants . . 

Battalion Sergeants 'Major. 

1st Sergeants . 

Sergeants. 1st Class . . . . 
Color Sergeants. . . . . . 

Men Sergeants 

Supply Sergeants 

Stable Sergeants 



Sergeants .... 

Corporals 

Cooks 

Horseshoers . . . 
Mechanics .... 

Saddlers 

Wagoners .... 

Buglers 

Privates. 1st Class. 

Privates 

Band (All Grades). 



Total Enlisted. 



Horses, Riding 
-Mules, Draft. 
Mules, Riding. 



Carts, Combat, mule . . . 
Carts, Medical, 1 mule . 
Carts Ration, 2 mule . 
Carts. Water, 1 mule . 
Kitchens, rolling, 4 mule-' 
Wagons, Combat, 4 mule. . 
Wagons, R andB., 4 mule'-. 

Bicycles 

Cars, Motor 

Motorcycles withsi de cars . 
Grenade dischargers, rifle . 

Guns, 1 pounder 

Guns, m.ichine, heavy. . . 

Knives, trench 

Mortars, 3 inch Stokes. . . 

Pistols 

Rifles 

Rifles, automatic 



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4 


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13 


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24 


27 


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4 



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1 

2 


1 


3 


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6 


3 

1 


1 


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4 

1 


1 
1 





48 


'3"' 


132 




16 




16 




201 




8 


Rl" 


256 




512 



256 



120 
160 



940 
64 



C8 
136 
49 



235r 

3314481 



k2 

M 

12 

12 
16 

1 

30 



6 
109 
235 



144 

396 
48 



24 
768 
1536 



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M 
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15 
178 



104 
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452 

64 
7 

60 



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885 
!820 
192 



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2 

390 

3 

16 

480 

6 

1192 

3200 

192 



179 

453 

64 

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91 

20 

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49 



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22 

42 

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2 
390 

3 

16 
480 



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192 



(a) See Table 5. 

(b) See Table 6. 
(C) See Table 8. 
(d) See Table 7. 

(c) See Table 40. 
'f) See Tables 42 

and 6. 

(g) In Regular Army 
regiments officers In 
excess of the number 
provided by the Na- 
tional Defense Act will 
he attached from the 
Ofllcers' Reserve Corps 
or National Army. 

(h) Mounted on 
horse. See, detailed 
tables for other moun- 
ted men. 



n) From Headquar- 
ters Company (not 
totaled). Includes : .n 

1 Corporal in charge 
of mail. 

1 Corporal signalman 
and acent. 

1 Corporal, mounted 
orderly. 

1 Private, mounted 
orderly. 

3 Privates, bicycle 
orderlies. 

4 Privates, 
and Privates, 
and signalmen. 

(k) From 
company not totaled. 

(L) Includes 2 spaie 
mules. 

(0) From Headquar- 
ters Company( not to- 
taled) 1 motorcar and 
private, 1st CI., as 
chauffeur. 

(n) Limbered caisson 
wagons. 

1) Escort wagons 
for 1 pounder gun am- 
munition. 

(w) Operations and 
Intelligence OfTiccr. 

(X) Animals not fur- 
nished until further 
orders. 

(y) Battalion Intel- 
igencc Officer. 

iW Personnel De- 
tachment : 

1 Captain. 

1 Regt.Scrgt. Major. 

2 Sergeants. 



1st CI. 

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THE ORGANIZATION OF THE REGIMENT 



TRAINING PERIOD 19 



Headquarters 310th Infantry, 
Camp Dix, N. J. 
September 1, 1917. 

General Orders 
No. 1. 

1. The following assignments are announced: 

To the First Battalion, Major W. F. Martin. 
To the Second Battalion, Major Rawson Warren. 
To the Third Battalion, Major H. J. Jervey. 

2. Lieut. Colonel George B. Pond is detailed Regimental Mustering 
Officer. 

3. Second Lieutenant Earle S. Rockefeller is detailed as Regimental 
Statistical Officer. He will report to the Regimental Commander for 
instructions. 

4. The following tentative appointments are announced : 

Acting Regimental Adjutant, Captain Arthur C. Judd. 

Acting Regimental Supply Officer, Captain Harry F. Douglass. 

Acting Regimental Exchange Officer, Captain E. C. Moore. 

By Order of Colonel Babcock. 

A. C. Judd, Captain 310th Infantry, 
Acting Adjutant. 



TRAINING PERIOD 21 

Too much praise cannot be given our officers and NCOs for 
their loyal work during these early days of the regiment. Continually 
new groups of draft arrived to be initiated into the intricacies of 
the manoeuvres contained between the blue covers of that innocent 
little book of trouble, the "IDR" ; and no sooner had the first rudi- 
ments of training been acquired than the men were transferred to 
some other camp or unit. It was discouraging work. Actual figures 
later compiled showed that more than 7,500 men went through our 
hands during these instruction periods. Consequently, progress in 
advanced training was necessarily slow, — aside from the small 
groups of non-coms who survived the frequent shipments. 

One cold fall morning, the regiment was awakened by a rookie 
bugler violently attempting to blow "Fire Call" with the aid of 
his Music Book, while a colored sentry punctuated the noise with 
rifle shots and frantic calls of "FIRE." "L" Company Barracks 
was a mass of flame, but fortunately the damage was confined solely 
to that building. Oiflcers and men met our first emergency quietly 
and quickly. 

A bleak winter of snow, and a spring of deluging rain (rare 
training for the months to come in France) followed, and again we 
watched the personnel of the regiment grow gradually into the 
semblance of a military unit. By April, this personnel had changed 
to include men from New Jersey, Rhode Island, Illinois and numer- 
ous other states. Transfers had grown less frequent; the strength 
of the regiment was becoming stationary, so that intensive construc- 
tive training could be carried out by the French and British officers 
detailed to Dix. 

The spirit came back, and the keenness we had almost lost in 
the welter of paperwork and transfers, returned in even greater 
vigor. The successive campaigns for the Liberty Loans and War 
Risk Insurance, campaigns which established the reputation of the 
regiment, followed. We had learned how to peel potatoes and bake 
the army bean. Long ago we had been drilled in police and K. P. ; 
Lt. Bowerman's Exchange was doing a lively business and company 
funds were flourishing; we had skirmished and paraded, worked 
on the range, dug ditches, mastered the intricacies of Division and 
Regimental Memorandums ; learned to remember the number of our 
piece and how to salute the Colonel ; where to replace lost equip- 
ment and when to wash messkits. Major Mandeville had quaran- 
tined and re-quarantined us for measles. Division, Regimental, and 



22 TRAINING PERIOD 

Battalion formations were numerous ; Captain Crozier had displayed 
his ''Mt. Holly Cadets," and a thousand or more of us had fought 
our way through Philadelphia in aid of a Liberty Loan Drive. 

We were a regiment and we were proud of it. The Colonel had 
hammered us into discipline and organization. We knew that we 
were better than any other regiment in the Division, and we were 
ready to lick our weight and more with any disputant. 

Rumors now came thick and fast. We were to leave at once 
and be brigaded with the British, — our sailing days were "known" 
at Division Headquarters. There was a scramble to comply with all 
the memos Division issued on the latest requirements for overseas 
service. Selected NCOs were attending Officers School. Last 
minute draft details were filling us to war strength. It was a 
question of weeks, possibly days. Inspections followed inspections, 
by Brigade, by Division, and by mysterious Colonels and Generals 
from Washington who became vastly incensed over missing socks 
and first-aid packets. Surely the hour was at hand. 

Our advance party marched quietly away one day, and word 
went round that "in two weeks," etc. Another day came when part 
of Regimental Headquarters slipped away to New York and we 
knew it was a question of hours merely. Orders followed quickly, 
all "Secret" and "Confidential." Part of the regiment was to em- 
bark at Philadelphia, and the remainder at New York. Last minute 
details disposed of our baggage and the policing of the area, and 
we were off. 

Who will ever forget the "Beltana," or the "Northland," or 
the zig-zagging "Kildonan Castle?" Or the endless hours spent 
repainting, policing and re-policing? Or the daily fire and sub 
drills; Halifax, the assembling of the convoy and those seemingly 
measureless gray days as the curiously camouflaged ships wallowed 
across the sea. Our over-eager Submarine Guard spotted innumer- 
able imaginary Huns, but their work was not in vain. A morning 
came when there slipped over the horizon a sausage balloon tagged 
fast to a British Destroyer; almost instantly, as if from the sea 
itself, a dozen or more of the little ships hove into sight, and we 
knew we were in the "Danger Zone" at last, and near our journey's 
end. 

Nor was the "Danger Zone" altogether dangerless. We were 
to experience two Sub attacks and watch our nearest destroyer, the 
D-42, put two or more Huns out of action with depth bombs and 



TRAINING PERIOD 



23 



ROSTER OF OFFICERS IN THE REGIMENT UPON 
ARRIVAL AT CALAIS, FRANCE, JUNE 9th, 1918. 

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS. 

Colonel Walter C. Babcock Commanding Regiment 

Lieutenant Colonel George B. Pond Second in Command 

Captain Arthur C. Judd Regimental Adjutant 

Captain Herbert N. Vanderwerker Personnel Adjutant 

Chaplain James N. King Regimental Chaplain 

Major Frank N. Mandeville Regimental Surgeon 

Captain Harry F. Douglas Regimental Supply Officer 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY MACHINE GUN COMPANY 

Captain Harold D. Dyke. Captain William G. Kaliska. 

1st Lieut. Gerald M. Morgan 1st Lieut. John C. Case. 

(With Advance Party) (With Advance Party) 

1st Lieut. Edward P. Hylant, Jr. 1st Lieut. Chandler S. Knight 

(With Advance Party) 2nd Lieut. Avra M. Warren. 
1st Lieut. William Kulka. (With Advance Party) 

2nd Lieut. Richard B. Rockwood. 2nd Lieut. Harvey L. Cory. 

2nd Lieut. Earle S. Rockefeller. 2nd Lieut. Bernard A. Flynn. 
2nd Lieut. Charles J. Piester. 

SUPPLY COMPANY. 

Captain Harry F. Douglas, Regimental Supply Officer. 
1st Lieut. Samuel N. Bacon. 1st Lieut. Dudley G. Lester. 

2nd Lieut. B. J. Haley. 

HEADQUARTERS FIRST BATTALION. 

Major Donald M. McRae (Special Duty, Division Headquarters). 

1st Lieut. Milton K. Robinson, Battalion Adjutant. 

COMPANY A. COMPANY C. 

Captain Ludlow E. Bretz, Captain Leroy S. Ward. 

Commanding First Battalion 1st Lieut. Roderick Dunn 
1st Lieut. Lawrence H. Green. (With Advance Party) 

1st Lieut. Foster J. Ambler. 1st Lieut. Walter C. Harris. 

1st Lieut. Edwin W. Leary. 1st Lieut. George W. Andrews. 

2nd Lieut. Carl R. Bradley. 2nd Lieut. Wallace E. Cox. 

2nd Lieut. Edward F. OfConnor. 2nd Lieut. John J. McGuire. 

COMPANY B. COMPANY D. 

Captain Frederick W. Busk. Captain Lawrence G. Meads. 

1st Lieut. George H. McCaffrey. 1st Lieut. Ernest P. Gosling. 

1st Lieut. Nelson B. Delavan. 1st Lieut. Earle B. Dane. 

(With Advance Party) Ut I i^ut. Walter A. Hamilton. 

1st Lieut. Raymond L. Thomps.on. 2nd Lieut. Louis N. Brockway. 

2nd Lieut. Frank W. Donnelly. 2nd Lieut. Raleigh P. Curtis. 
2nd Lieut. E. J. Lister. 



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TRAINING PERIOD 



HEADQUARTERS SECOND BATTALiOX. 
Major Edwin A. Volz (With Advance Party). 
1st Lieut. Robert J. Phulps, Battalion Adjutant. 



COMPANY E. 
Captain William J. Garnache. 
1st Lieut. Frank R. Howe. 
1st Lieut. John P. Ryan. 
1st Lieut. John B. McMillan. 
2nd Lieut. Donald R. Mclntyre 

(With Advance Party) 
2nd Lieut. Clifford G. Kershaw. 

COMPANY F. 
Captain Walter E. Guthrie, 

Commanding Second Battalion. 
1st Lieut. Gordon Hoge 

(With Advance Party) 
1st Lieut. Harold D. Ovington. 
1st Lieut. Lawrence Emmerton. 
2nd Lieut. Harold P. Dahlquist. 
2nd Lieut. Augustus Vandeventer. 



COMPANY G. 
Captain Walter A. Sommers. 
1st Lieut. Joseph P. Dman. 
1st Lieut. Charles T. Crouch. 
1st Lieut. Hjalmar Ekman. 
2nd Lieut. Vincent H. Seiler. 
2nd Lieut. H. J. C. Rogers, 

COMPANY H. 
Captain Sterling Gait, Jr. 
1st Lieut. H. J. McDermott, 

(Special Duty, Division Hqrs.) 
1st Lieut. Kenneth M. Doty. 
1st Lieut. Charles Douglass. 
2nd Lieut. Walter Jones. 
2nd Lieut. Kenneth F. Cramer. 



HEADQUARTERS THIRD BATTALION 

Major George A, Lynch (With Advance Party). 

1st Lieut. Richard B. O'Connor, Battalion Adjutant. 



COMPANY L 
Captain Courtney C. Crozier 

(With Advance Party) 
1st Lieut. Shelton B. Goodrich. 
1st Lieut. Walker B. Beale. 
1st Lieut. Gerald P. Hills. 
2nd Lieut. Warren B. Willsey 

(With Advance Party) 
2nd Lieut. Joseph C. Donoghue. 

COMPANY K. 
Captain Roy B. Thompson, 

Commanding Third Battalion. 
1st Lieut. Herman F. Mann. 
1st Lieut. Walter E. Donohue. 
1st. Lieut. John T. Dalglish. 
2nd Lieut. Fred Morey. 
2nd Lieut. Manley H. Bowerman. 



COMPANY L. 
Captain Le-e W. Card. 
1st Lieut. Eric B. Kilner. 
1st Lieut. Leland C. Herrick. 
1st Lieut. Thomas S. Garrett. 
2nd Lieut. Clement C. Beuchat. 

(With Advance Party) 
2nd Lieut. Ronald L. Greene. 

COMPANY M. 
Captain Wood L. Ray. 
1st Lieut. Irving E. Goldsmith. 
1st Lieut. Charles O. Locke. 
1st Lieut. Edwin F. Korkus. 
2nd Lieut. Harry J. Sargent. 
2nd Lieut. Darwin W. Sherman. 



MEDICAL DETACHMENT. 

Major Frank N. Mandeville, Medical Corps. 

Captain Charles W. Vates, Medical Corps. 

Captain Walter E. Lotz, Dental Corps. 

Captain Henry B. Cordes, Medical Corps. 

1st Lieut. Hans C. F. Hille, Medical Corps. 

1st Lieut. H. S. Van Etten," Medical Corps. 

1st Lieut. Dennis B. Jarrell, Medical Corps. 

1st Lieut. Edward A. Flynn, Medical Corps. 

1st Lieut. Robert A. Sherwood, Medical Corps. 



TRAINING PERIOD 25 

quick lirers, while we lined the decks in our life preservers and 
watched the good work. Apparently at least we were not to be 
shark-food, and we approved of that heartily. 

On June 4th part of the Regiment landed at Southampton, and 
part at Tilbury. Rail transport was waiting for us and a few 
hours more brought us to Dibgate and Folkstone for five days rest 
from the rocking swells of the Atlantic. By night, we could hear 
the roar of guns across the straits, and twice or more we watched 
the Boche raid Calais. At Dibgate, the accommodations were rough 
and ready, but Folkstone was a delight ; shops and restaurants 
abounded, and the English tradespeople reaped a harvest. 

On June 9th, we crossed to Calais. 

We were actually in France at last ; and, after all, France seemed 
not too unusual or different. Back in England we had quickly ac- 
customed ourselves to the easy methods of the British and when 
we found we were wholly in their charge, the experience presented 
no novelty, except by comparison with our forms of procedure. 

The British had learned the valuable art of waging war without 
paperwork, and we profited accordingly. Barrack bags we turned 
in and stored ; we went through gas, exchanged our American pieces 
for British Enfields, and with a feeling of relief brought our packs 
down to a reasonable size by salvaging most of the equipment and 
clothing our supply ofHcers had fought so hard to secure for us 
back in Dix. Reports, certifications and surveys did not exist. 
We were profiting by English experience. 

So great a secrecy was maintained over all troop movements 
that not even Regimental Headquarters knew when all organiza- 
tions of the 310th had arrived at Calais, and, similarly, was never 
informed of the dates and hours of departure. Events showed 
that the several elements were moved by different routes, on June 
11th, 12th, and 13th, all detraining at Lumbres, Department of 
Calais. In all cases, the method of movement was identical. Verbal 
orders reached the several detachment commanders to have their 
columns formed at such-and-such a point, at such-and-such a time. 
To questions of "Where do we go?" the invariable answer was 
returned : "Guides will conduct you." Having arrived at the en- 
training point, the question was naturally asked, "Where do we 
go?" and the imperturbable British NCO would reply most respect- 
fully, "There is your train. You will be informed when you reach 
your destination." 



26 



TRAINING PERIOD 




C.M.L. 



THE TRAVELS OF THE 310TH 



TRAINING PERIOD 27 

Advance parties had already made billeting arrangements and 
before dark of June 13th, the entire regiment had completed the 
five mile march from Lumbres and v^as located as follows : 
Regimental Headquarters). 
Headquarters and Supply Companies). 
Second Battalion, at Senninghem. 
First Battalion, at Watterdal. 
Third Battalion, at Bayenghem. 

The Machine Gun Company spent the night of June 13th at 
Senninghem, and, on June 14th, proceeded by marching to Boursin 
where it went into training at the British Machine Gun School. 

The remainder of the regiment was affiliated with the l5th Royal 
Scots, of the British Army, and under their thorough methods of 
instruction our training continued eight hours a day. Every con- 
ceivable angle of warfare was handled by the British officers and 
NCOs, and here again our regiment showed that same eagerness 
to learn, and willingness to be told that characterized the efficient 
work of the foreign instructors detailed to Dix. 

Our present instructors had lived through the bitter early days 
of the war, many of them having been in the original British Ex- 
peditionary Forces. Theirs was no theory of warfare; but knowl- 
edge at first hand. Gas-defense Training, Musketry and Bombing 
consequently took on a new meaning to us, and drill became some- 
thing besides perfunctory parades. Backs straightened, muscles 
hardened and our legs lost their flabbiness by virtue of the steep 
climb to the plateau which formed the drill ground. There was little 
friction. The desire to "get everything the Tommies knew" was 
paramount, and privates instructed sergeants, and sergeants officers 
indiscriminately in the one thought to make the regiment "fit." 

Schools of every degree abounded, — British Schools and Amer- 
ican Schools, for both officers and enlisted men, from elementary 
map reading to stafif work; there seemed no end to the learning 
we must acquire to fit us for service. And the final stimulus was 
reached when small parties of selected groups went forward to 
the British front at Nieppe and had their first taste of actual fight- 
ing. A sombre touch was added during one of these tours when 
the regiment suffered its first battle casualty, Corporal Henry Smith, 
Headquarters Company, killed in action in the front line trenches, 
July 8th, 1918. From that moment a deeper spirit permeated the 
regiment. A "war which had seemed always far and remote became 



TRAINING PERIOD 29 

startlingly near despite the pleasant fields of France surrounding 
our area. 

Of the war itself, we knew nothing, either of the progress of 
our allies, or of the formation of the First American Army, of which 
we hoped to become a part. Rumors had ceased to arouse our interest, 
except the one underlying current that pointed to our being brigaded 
with the British. What few English detachments passed through 
our towns alternately jeered at and cheered us. The temptation 
to "start something" was strong in all of us, — fostered possibly 
by the edge our nerves were reaching. 

Inspection of the regimental training by Sir Douglas Haig, and 
reviews for General Pershing and the Duke of Connaught added 
interest to the daily grind. The band cheered our evenings and was 
easily mastering the "Marseillaise" and "God Save the King." Our 
advance party, except Major Lynch, had already rejoined. 

Slowly we were becoming acclimated. We learned the mysteries 
of wrapped leggings and developed the typical A. E. F. squint as 
we sadly salvaged our Stetsons for the Overseas Cap. Doubtless 
the designer of that cap considered the effect smart, but we utter 
a prayer that someday he, too, may have had to march with only 
that wisp of cloth between his thin hair and the rain France poured 
upon us, or may have lain on a blazing field in the steaming sun 
blinking at a dancing target. It took time to learn that the one 
way to keep the cap from acting as a sponge was to use it under 
a "tin lid," and that for range work, a playing card filched from 
some precious deck and thrust under the sweatband, would help us 
maintain our 44. 

Here, too, we learned the gentle art of liaison and terrain exer- 
cises. Analyzed, these exercises consisted of marching from the 
billeting area to some point fifteen or twenty kilometers distant ; 
where, made little difference, so long as it rained. Arriving safely 
at the place of departure, we then marched elsewhere in the general 
direction of away from home and halted at the proper fork of the 
road. Intermittently, staff cars dashed here and there, erupting 
grim officers who decimated Regimental Commanders, companies, 
and battalions, demanding "What would you do now?" Fortunately, 
our patience and our Field Message Books were plentiful, and wars 
ended invariably with the utter rout of the enemy. 

Two excellent officers were lost to the regiment while in the 
area, Lt.-Col. Pond going to Calais as Port Commandant, and Cap- 




310TH MACHINE GUN CO. IN TRAINING AT BOURSIN 




INSTRUCTION UNDER BRITISH NCOS 



TRAINING PERIOD 31 

tain Guthrie, then in command of the Second Battahon, being 
detailed to Staff School at Langres. Neither ever rejoined. 

Our Pioneer Platoon had, without warning, been sent forward 
into the British reserve lines, and was assisting in the development 
of the trench system then being established about Oudzeele. Mean- 
while, secret instructions were received covering preparations for 
our regiment to occupy the reserve sector on the "B-B" Line, from 
Verdrel to the northern edge of the Bois d'Olhain. Reconnaisances 
were made by the Colonel and division orders had issued for the 
move in complete detail except D day and H hour when the plans 
were suddenly changed. Apparently General Pershing's aims for 
an American Army were to be realized ; we were not to be brigaded 
with the British, but instead to fight our own fight in our own 
sector, — an American Army in fact as well as in name. 

By July 17th, in view of the altered strategic situation of the 
Allied Forces, the regiment, with the Division, moved again by rail, 
southward toward St. Pol, about 25 kilometers west of Arras. 
Here we were billeted in the Magnicourt Training Area: 

Regimental Headquarters). 

Second Battalion) at Magnicourt. 

Headquarters Company, at Houvelin. 

Supply Company). 

First Battalion, at Monchy Breton. 

Machine Gun Company, at Herlin-le-Vert. 

Third Battalion, at La Thieuloye. 

Training continued vigorously in this area, — the 15th Scots 
having accompanied our move, and small arms practice was added, 
including range work with the automatic rifle, machine gun and 
hand and rifle grenades. The One Pounder Platoon had been as- 
sembled with the other like units of the Division and remained 
at Bayenghem in the former area, to practice firing drill. The 
Trench Mortar Platoon had been sent on from La Ronville and 
continued practice, succeeding admirably in tearing up the land- 
scape. 

On one point, at least, the Magnicourt area will live long in our 
memories. That was in the depth, width, height and general pene- 
trative power of the manure piles. If the statement were true that 
the wealth of a Frenchman may be judged by the size of his manure 
pile, then unquestionably the wealth of France had been hoarded 



32 TRAINING PERIOD 

for centuries in this otherwise inoffensive area. Rain occasionally 
added to our misery on this count, and eventually, on July 31st, 
Regimental Headquarters was moved from Magnicourt to La 
Thieuloye (taking over Third Battalion Headquarters) and the 
Second Battalion moved to Frevillers. 

Our first experiences with German Night Bombing raids began 
during our stay in the St. Pol area. Every clear night the Boche 
planes came droning over the towns, headed for St. Pol or Division 
Headquarters, or the railhead at Tincques. Sometimes the distant 
"ka-chugging" of the bombs attested their success; more often the 
whining sing-song of enemy motors would be the signal for the 
opening up of the giant searchlights stationed at convenient cross- 
roads. These lights would scissor across the sky until "Jerry" 
could be pinned between two beams, and there he would cling, a 
tiny pinpoint of light, until the British planes could get into action. 
The "archies," too, added to the Fourth of July celebration, and 
Paine never put on a better show than the inquisitive Hun called 
forth. 

The affairs invariably impressed the troops simply as an attempt 
at German Schrecklichkeit, — for there were seldom casualties, and 
property damage seemed insufficient to w^arrant the excursions. 

The entire Arras front lay spread out before us like a theatre 
curtain. Midway between the rolling blue-green hills and the roof 
of the sky, hung the British sausages (observation balloons) and 
high above them the ever circling planes tempted the Boche to come 
over. And the Boche airmen, be it said, never failed to take a 
chance. So high above us that we could barely see with our naked 
eyes, we would hear the rat-tat, rat-tat-tat of the Maxims and we 
would know some show was on. A few kilos to the south of us 
was located a British bombing and observation squadron, while 
farther to the west were stationed some of the huge Handley-Pages 
used for long distance bombing along the Rhine. 

The front was constantly active. Guns boomed and thundered 
all day long, and during the night, the sky would be punctured with 
bursting shrapnel and the explosion of the archies. Small detach- 
ments of British troops, either returning for a rest period, or moving 
to the trenches, passed regularly through the area. There was an 
air of movement everywhere and to this restlessness were added 
rumors that a part of the Americans had been in action towards 
the south and had ''made good." The regiment had long ago lost 



TRAINING PERIOD 33 

its "newness." Despite the fact that we had never been engaged, 
there was the undercurrent of assurance that the long weeks of hard 
drill had given officers and men. 

We were sure that we were heading towards the American 
Sector, and the ''American Sector" meant American rations and 
American habits. We felt we had learned all that British training 
could teach us in a training area, and were ready to go. 

On August 17th and 18th the regiment moved, in small detach- 
ments, by a one day's march, to an area south of St. Pol which 
had just been vacated by the 312th Infantry. Billets for the regi- 
ment were as follows: 

Regimental Headquarters). 

Third Battalion and Supply Co.), Framecourt. 

First Battalion, at Croisette. 

Second Battalion, at Hericourt. 

Headquarters Company, at Ecoivres. 

Machine Gun Company, at Petit-Houvin. 

Our stay here was brief. The two and a half months of train- 
ing in the north of France, in the areas about Senninghem, Magni- 
court, and Framecourt, under the supervision of the British, ended 
four days later, when the regiment of 106 officers and 3,338 en- 
Hsted men entrained at Petit-Houvin enroute from Flanders for 
the American Sector. 

Forty-three hours spent under the control of French railroad 
officials, without announcement of our destination, and with rumors 
alone to whet the imagination, developed a state of mind that relished 
any change from the close confinement of "Hommes 40-Chevaux 8." 
Everyone actually believed that our goal would prove to be some- 
where in the zone occupied by the American Army, — the army to 
which we had for months belonged in name only. 

Little did we realize the form our adventures were to assume; 
where we were to go ; what we were to do ; or what the actions 
in which we were to participate might mean to the regiment. 



Part II. 

THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 

August 24, to September 16, 1918 

Passavant to Thiaucourt (St. Mihiel) 



THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 

August 24th, to September 16th, 1918 

During the afternoon and night of August 24th, the several 
trains, composed of those never to be forgotten cars, "Hommes 40 — 
Chevaux-8," arrived at the respective detraining points : 

Regimental Headquarters). 

Headquarters, M.-G. and Supply Cos.). 

Companies "I," "K" and "L."). 

Companies ''D" and ''M."). Passavant-Vitrey. 

Balance of 1st and 2nd Battalions. Jussey. 

We were now in the Department of Haute-Marne. 

Equipment, animals, transport wagons, rolling kitchens, every- 
thing, was rapidly unloaded from the trains, deposited on the sid- 
ings and the march to the new billeting areas begun. The whole 
prospect looked like the good old United States again. American 
soldiers were driving American trucks (the first we had seen since 
landing in France), officers were riding in American side-cars; cases 
of American supplies were everywhere in evidence. We almost ex- 
pected, now that our fellow-countrymen had charge of our move- 
ments, to be carried in street cars or by some other magic to the 
doors of our homes. 

But this was not to be. All units discovered that there was to 
be a long hike into our new area, — a march of such duration that 
all with the exception of Company "M" were required to bivouac 
for the night, and carry-on the following day. Captain Ray suc- 
ceeded in commandeering two trucks, loaded in his men's packs, 
hooked on his rolling kitchens and in light marching order, covered 
the 32 kilometers to his billeting area at Fouchecourt. The balance 
of the regiment swung from the road into the nearest grassy pasture 
and prepared for the night. Tents were pitched and the few mouth- 
fuls of iron rations which remained from the trip, were consumed. 
Sleeping on soft grass, under a starry sky, held no terrors other than 
the fear of being too comfortable after those nights spent in freight 

37 



38 THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 

cars, the majority of which had either square or hexagonal wheels. 
Three days spent in confinement more restricted than was any guard 
house had caused no small number of cramped legs and lame backs. 
The luxury of sleeping "two in a pup tent'' with beaucoup room, 
seemed too much of a strain. 

At 7 a. m. of the 25th, the columns were again on the march 
and until noon followed the roads up hill and down through pic- 
turesque country. Regimental Headquarters was established at 
Fresnes-sur-Apance, a town of considerable size in the Bourbonne 
area, which was shared with the three Machine Gun Battalions of 
our Division. The balance of the regiment was billeted as follows: 
Headquarters, M.-G. and Supply Cos., Fresnes-sur-Apance. 
First and Second Battalions, at Senaide. 
Third Battalion (less "M" Co.), at Ainville. 
Company *'M" at Fouchecourt. 

We were back on American Rations once more. No more cheese 
and jam, but solid meat and vegetables in the proportion an Ameri- 
can Doughboy eats. There was no cessation of drill or the training 
in auxiliary arms, but advantage was taken of the opportunity for 
frequent baths and a general policing up of all equipment and arms. 
Our British transport had been carried with us to the area. Our 
British arms, however, we had exchanged for Eddystones. Our 
auxiliary weapon was now the Chauchat, a temperamental French 
design adapted solely for marching fire. Much of what we had 
learned with the British it now became necessary to unlearn, but 
the satisfaction of being once again with the Americans, made 
amends for all. 

But our stay in this pleasant area was to be all too brief. At 
4 a. m., August 28th, a Lieutenant from Division Headquarters 
aroused the Colonel from his billet with orders to prepare the regi- 
ment for a move on short notice. Regimental runners flew to the out- 
lying towns carrying the warning order. What it was all about, 
we knew not. Why such a rush when every one, from the Colonel 
down, was so very comfortable? Why the peculiar method of de- 
livery, and why at 4 a. m. ? Our departure from the Fresnes area 
came as a complete and somewhat bewildering surprise. It began to 
look seriously like business ; it proved to be our first experience with 
the secrecy which later characterized the transmission of all import- 
ant orders. 

One o'clock of the afternoon of the 28th found us marching 



THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 39 

HEADQUARTERS 310th INFANTRY. 

August 28th, 1918., 10:30 A. M. 
Field Orders 
No. 7. 

Reference : Field Orders No. 6, Hq. 78th Div. ; Orders No. 6, Hq. 78th Div. 
Maps: LANGRES 1/80,000. 

MIRECOURT 1/80,000. 

CARTE TARIDE No. 6, 1/250,000. 

1. This Division will move by marching from its present billets to a 
new area. For the purpose of this movement, the 307th and 308th Machine 
Gun Battalions and 303rd Mobile Veterinary Section are placed under com- 
mand of Commanding Officer, 310th Infantry. 

The greatest secrecy is enjoined upon all. The destination of units will 
not be discussed nor divulged to the men. 

2. 310th Infantry (in order of Battalions, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, Headquarters 
Co. Machine Gim Co.), 307th Machine Gun Battalion, 308th Machine Gun 
Battalion, 303rd Mobile Veterinary Section, in that order, will assemble on 
road — AINVILLE — FRESNES facing North, head of column at roadfork 
at Southwest exit of AINVILLE, at 2:00 P. M. 

3. First line transport will follow their respective Battalions. Second 
line transport at rear of column. 

4. (a) Rations in hands of troops will be carried, 
(b) Extra blankets carried on wagons. 

5. Headquarters, 310th Infantry, at present location until 2:00 P. M. — 
thereafter at head of column, 

Babcock, 

Colonel. 
Copies to : 

C. O. 1st Bn. C. O'. 307th M. G. Bn. 

C O. 2nd Bn. C O. 308th M. G. Bn. 

C. O. 3rd Bn. C. O. 303rd M. V. S. 

C. O. Supply Co. War Diary. 

C. O. Hq. Co. File. 

C. O. M. G. Co. Regt. Hq. (3). 

Surgeon. Brigade Hq. 



40 THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 

northward through Ainville. Twenty-four kilometers of a glaring, 
dusty, macadam road, under a steaming sun, stretched from Fresnes 
to Tollaincourt, each successive kilo a trifle more dusty than the 
preceding. Blisters and callouses developed rapidly on tender feet 
but the rnen swung along cheerfully under their heavy packs, taking 
advantage of every second of the precious ten-minute halts. 

Dusk found us in bivouac with the three Machine Gun Battalions 
on a gently sloping meadow, richly carpeted in grass, and with the 
all-important rolling kitchens drawn up along the nearby road. There 
was no need to sound "Taps." Tents had been pitched in record 
speed, and we slept the sleep of the footsore, wondering what the 
morning would bring forth. 

At 2 a. m. of the 29th, there arrived more secret orders directing 
the regiment to continue the march northward, — the orders specify- 
ing the move should be by battalions with distance of several kilo- 
meters between battalions. 

The first unit of the regiment moved out at 8 a. m. of August 
29th, cheered on by the remaining Battalions who were still resting 
in the fields with all equipment ready for their own march later. 
Why worry about a little thing like another all day march, with only 
sixty or more pounds in the pack, and the slim possibility of an 
occasional meal ? Where we were going we did not care. We knew 
we were going north, and we knew the x\merican Front was north, — 
and that if we kept going long enough, sooner or later we would 
strike action. 

The hours of marching passed by without incident other than 
the marked interest of the French inhabitants of those towns we 
wound through. Evidence of the recent departure of the Rainbow 
(42) Division from this area excited speculation regarding our 
destination, which, mysteriously, our orders forbade us to reach 
prior to four o'clock in the afternoon. 

By sunset, the several columns reached their respective villages ; 
the Machine Gun Battalions having fallen out at designated points : 

Regimental Headquarters). 

Headquarters, M.-G., and Supply Companies). 

Company "A"), Sommerecourt. 

First Battalion, (less Co. "A"), Outremecourt. 

Second Battalion, Soulacourt. 

Third Battalion, (less Cos. "L" and ''M"), Nijon. 

Companies "L" and **M," Vaudrecourt. '. 



THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 41 

Here, in the absence of other cause of complaint, we grumbled 
because of our enforced departure from the Fresnes area, and par- 
ticularly from Fresnes-sur-Apance, the one French town we had 
yet discovered that boasted of electric lights and the total absence 
of manure piles echeloned in depth. 

The four days following, despite the continued training, and the 
daily tactical problems, healed the blisters born of our hike from 
our last detraining point. During the late afternoons, the troops 
explored the Roman Ruins near Outremecourt and elsewhere allowed 
themselves to be sold tasteless food at outrageous prices. But the 
fault for this extravagance was not entirely with the French. Our 
men had money to spend and were willing to spend it on whatever 
was offered for sale. 

The issue of Chauchats in place of the Lewis Guns already 
referred to, necessitated continuous training for the specialists 
required to use these weapons. Brownings were promised "some- 
time" but until that time came, the Chauchat was the only gun avail- 
able. Meanwhile, pistol practice for officers and selected NCOs 
was begun and completed; and the One Pounder Platoon, under 
Lieut. Hylant, put up a splendid show for the Division Commander. 
On every count morale was high and it was with eagerness we 
awaited orders for our further advance on the front. 

These orders arrived mid-afternoon of September 4th, and be- 
cause of our proximity to the enemy lines and the activity of the 
Hun planes, directed marching by night and concealment by day. 
Tn accord with our F.O. 9, the regiment was in readiness to move 
but midnight had come and gone before the 309th Infantry had 
cleared Sommerecourt and allowed us to take our assigned place in 
the column of march. By dawn, we had picked up our guides in 
the woods near Vaudoncourt, some twenty kilos nearer the war, 
and the troops were moved off the road and out of sight under 
the trees. Here they bivouaced during the day, sleeping as best 
they could and eating cold rations. Of course it rained. 

By 11 :30 p. m. that same night (September 5th), we were again 
on the march, and the advance was continued northward until the 
woods east of Dombrot-sur-Vair were reached. 

The recollections of that night march will live long in the minds 
of all. Rain fell continuously, transforming the roads into seas 
of mud, churned into a plastic mass, ankle deep, by the transport 
which preceded us. Through the black night struggled the long 



42 THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 

HEADQUARTERS 310th INFANTRY. 

September 4th, 1918, 10 :20 P. M. 
Field Orders 
No. 9. 

Ref: MIRECOURT 1/60,000. 

1. The Regiment marches tonight and follows the 309th Infantry, which 
is expected to pass through SOMMERECOURT at midnight. Battalions and 
other units of the Regiment will be formed ready to march as indicated 
and in order of march in which the units are mentioned. Units will be pre- 
pared to march without further orders when the transport, first and second 

l)oth, of the preceding unit is cleared. 

2. Third Battalion will march North via VOUDRECOURT in time to 
enable the head of the column to reach the Southern exit of SOMMERE- 
COURT at 11 :50 P. M. Halt 100 yards South of that roadfork and await 
orders. 

3. Second Battalion (less one Company) marches in such time as will 
enable the head of the column to reach the road running East to OUTRE- 
MECOURT at 11:50 P. M. Halt 100 yards South of that roadfork and 
await orders. 

4. First Battalion (less Company "D") will be formed ready to march, 
standing at rest off the road in the vicinity of its present camp and billets 
at 12:00 midnight, September 4-5. 

5. Machine Gun Company and attached Signal Platoon, Headquarters 
Company and Company "D" will be formed ready to march, standing at 
rest off the road in the vicinity of their present billets at 11 :50 P. M. 

6. First and Second line transport pertaining to Company "D" will at 
once join the transport of the 1st Battalion at OUTREMECOURT. 

7. All first and second line transport will be parked off the road in the 
vicinity of the present Camps and billets ready to follow their respective 
units. 

8. Brigade instructions direct the 308th Machine Gun Battalion to fol- 
low the rear of the 2nd Battalion. One Company of the 2nd Battalion will 
follow the rear of the transport column of the 308th Machine Gun Battalion 
at 200 yards distance to pick up stragglers and act as rear guard. 

9. First and second line transport, in that order will follow their re- 
spective units without distance. 

10. All canteens will be filled before starting. Water carts will be 
filled to capacity with chlorinated water. 

11. Messages, until further orders, to R.H.Q., SOMMERECOURT. 

Babcock, 

Colonel. 
Copies to : . 

C. O. 1st Bn. C. O. Hq. Co. 

C. O. 2nd Bn. G. O. M. G. Co. 

C. O. 3rd Bn. File. 



THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 43 

columns of soldiers with their water-soaked packs. Blankets and 
shoes and all body clothing were saturated with water, yet fires 
were forbidden lest the flare by night or the smoke by day attract 
the alert Hun observation planes. 

Into the rain soaked darkness of these woods, the men were 
thrust, and Company Commanders again warned that there must 
be absolutely no movement along the border of the woods by day. 
The steep hillside was choked with underbrush, practically impene- 
trable, and through this the men had almost to cut a path for them- 
selves to make room for the troops in their rear. Of hot food, of 
course there was none, and to add to the discomfort of all, no rations 
for the noonday meal seemed to be forthcoming. By two of the 
afternoon, however, enough food had been located for a semi-meal, 
and the sun was trying to shine. 

Marching, always by night, over unknown roads to an unknown 
destination had now ceased to be a novelty. This was actual ''cam- 
paigning" which proved to our complete satisfaction that war is 
"90 per cent, movement, and 10 per cent, fighting." Whether that 
conclusion was to be modified materially by the events of the next 
few weeks, remained to be seen. 

The march northward continued the night of September 6th to 
the Gironcourt area, and there followed a respite of three days which 
afiforded a needed opportunity for the cleaning and drying of cloth- 
ing, etc., now caked with mud in accumulated layers. 

We were now in the Department of Vosges, and were enjoying 
our last billets before the regiment took over its sector of the front 
line. Gironcourt and Morelmaison afiforded shelter from the ever- 
lasting rain which was expected to continue. For some strange 
reason, however, the sun persisted in shining on occasion and thus 
permitted the Signal Corps photographer to collect his Rogue's 
Gallery portraits of the officers. From here also there left another 
consignment of candidates for the officer's training school. 

Billets for the regiment during this brief stay follow : 

Regimental Headquarters). 

lieadquarters and Supply Companies), at Gironcourt. 

Second and Third Battalions, at Morelmaison. 

First Battalion and M.-G. Co., encamped near Gironcourt. 

Our three days of rest ended September tenth, when orders were 
again received to prepare to move. Imagine our joy when we 



44 THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 

learned that the move was to be by lorrie. So, we felt, the magazine 
pictures of troops being driven about France were not mere artist's 
dreams after all. The thing did actually happen, and was happening 
to us, — although no one could realize why the war was being kind 
to us. 

All through the rainy afternoon of the tenth, the camions were 
assembling, — drifting in cheerfully from time to time, — seemingly 
from nowhere; all painted French horizon blue and separated into 
groups, each with a fantastic insignia to denote the truck unit, — 
dancing girls, polar bears, grotesques, jockeys, etc., stenciled on the 
sides and tail gates. The majority of the drivers were Hindu- 
Chinese, muffled in long, filthy, shaggy fur coats, more alive than 
dead. 

But we cared not. Wet as we were from the brief march to the 
place of assembly, we climbed in gracefully, and at 6 o'clock the 
dapper French officer in charge led the way in his miniature 
limousine. 

Of course we had no idea where we were going, but if you 
can believe the trait possible in an American, we had ceased to be 
interested. Never by any means were we able to elicit the slightest 
information of any kind from train or truck employees, and we 
had learned to save our French for the mademoiselles who at least 
made an attempt to understand. 

Yet here we were, as a matter of fact, moving up into the St. 
Mihiel offensive, and we lay rain-soaked in trucks and tried to find 
a better place for our head than the Sergeant's feet. Gone was the 
''glory" of -war, the bands and the flags, and the hip-hurrah; merely 
3,400 tired, wet men trying to keep warm and get to sleep quickly. 

Throughout the night, the truck train bumped along, past town 
after town, like some gigantic snake. Our route was via Chatenois, 
Neuf chateau, and Toul, to the Bois de la Cote-en-Haye, where the 
leading elements arrived about 8 :00 a. m. 

It was evident we were working into an active sector. The 
distant rumble of artillery reminded us of those days in the Arras 
sector, weeks before. American engineer troops were engaged 
continuously on the roads to facilitate the movement of the never- 
ending columns of trucks, loaded with small-arms and artillery am- 
munition, barbed wire and rations. All activity pointed north ; it 
was evident we were in for a show of some kind. 

Our truck train had halted on a plateau bounded by low hills 



THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 45 

and woods to the north. To our question ''Where do we go?" the 
dapper Httle French officer had returned his usual shrug. We were 
to debus toute-suite ; that was all he knew. Passing stafif officers 
were importuned and it developed we were to make "those woods 
to the north and west. There should be guides along this road." 
The troops fell off the road and small detachments were sent forward 
with two or three hundred meter distances between. Far down the 
road a mile or more, we could see them break sharply to the left 
and disappear over the edge of the plateau into the woods. 

Urgent orders now reached us for speed and immediate conceal- 
ment. Into the Bois de la Cote-en-Haye the men were thrust, and 
runners were despatched as usual to locate definitely all troops of 
the regiment. Barely, however, had the men found themselves in 
the rain soaked woods than orders came for an immediate move. 
Rumor said we were "in the wrong woods" and forward we went 
another mile. 

Here the men dropped again for a rest, — some of the battalions 
putting up their pup-tents, others too tired and cramped to do more 
than stretch out on the wet ground. Shortly after noon rain fell 
again, and with the rain as if by invariable rule, came orders to 
move again after dark, northward. 

Throughout the afternoon, the rain persisted. Fires were of 
course prohibited and what little food had been carried along from 
Gironcourt had been early consumed. The question "When do we 
eat?" was paramount. Cold food, and an empty stomach, and cease- 
less rain spelled discomfort for all ; a night march sounded promis- 
ing; at least we could keep warm. 

The first order for the move specified eight o'clock formation ; 
but at this time rations had arrived and it was necessary to delay 
a half hour until they could be distributed by squads. Our route 
lay along a road which skirted the edge of the Bois de la Cote, to 
a point of assembly some two miles further on, the location of which 
we knew vaguely. By now the blackest of night had descended 
upon us. The rain continued. It was impossible to see or keep 
contact with the man ahead without actual touch of his body. The 
road ceased to exist, but the troops stumbled forward, consuming 
every ounce of energy in the seemingly useless process of pulling 
their feet from one mudhole only to slide into some quagmire still 
deeper. 

By another hour the regiment was assembled on the hard bed 



46 THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 

of a Route Nationale, and for a time at least, while we waited for 
the 309th to pass through on their march to the front, we had respite 
from the bog of mud. Our instructions were simple, i. e., to follow 
the rear of the 309th, and as their last element swung off the road 
to the right, our column fell in. 

The mud was even deeper than before, and in the hollows the 
water stood ankle high. What little road had at first existed, had 
been cut to jelly by the 309th. On the troops struggled, the column 
alternately stopping and starting as the men tried to keep their feet. 
Up hill and down, the stream of water and mud and rain soaked 
soldiers moved, for three tedious hours to the phonograph tune of 
"KEEP closed, — KEEP closed, — KEEP closed," repeated mono- 
tonously up and down the column. 

And it was vitally necessary that we keep closed, for the night 
was black, the road forks numerous and the turns many, and the 
temptation to lead wrong could (be overcome only by keeping in 
physical touch with the units just ahead. 

LIGHTS WERE FORBIDDEN 

Came "H" hour. Suddenly as the column crawled, snakelike, 
over the crest of a hill, the sky line, invisible till then, was illuminated 
in one continuous flash of flame that leaped from left to right as 
far as the eye could see. A hoarse, deafening, continuous roar of 
artillery struck our ears, punctured by the clock-like fire of the 
heavier guns. A vast panorama of flame, a moving picture of 
gun flashes, bursting shrapnel and H. E., mingled with the blue, 
green, yellow and red rockets of the advancing and defending troops, 
flared up against the background of black night. We were sitting on 
the top of the world, and, had we but known, were witnessing the 
artillery preparation for the St. Mihiel drive. 

Some part of some great show, at least, we knew we were. 
Our training was ended ; we were now in the game we came to play. 
Gone was all thought of fatigue and the gnawing discomfort of rain 
soaked packs. Backs straightened. The marvelous spectacle, the 
continuity of it, the awe-full splendor of it overshadowed all other 
thoughts. 

To our rear, a great naval gun crashed out its regular two- 
minute messages to the Hun. The barrage glare made it easy to see 
and follow the muddy ribbon of road. On we slipped and slid. 
Ahead, we knew not how far, were woods in which we were to con- 
ceal ourselves against the coming daylight. By now we had run into 



TllF. M.\R(7T TO TIIK FRONT 



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THE ADVANCE INTO ST. MIHIEL 



48 THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 

our transport columns, and detours across fields grew more and 
more frequent. Greater and greater became the distance between 
elements of the same command; it was only a question of time 
before we were out of touch with no possible means of com- 
munication. 

By four o'clock most of the regiment was hid away into the 
nearest woods, the men dropping instantly to sleep, dead with fatigue 
and cold; minding not in the least the steaming wet underbrush, 
provided only they could escape the quicksand of mud through which 
they had fought for five hours. 

All night the transport splashed back and forth along what was 
left of the roads. Dawn brought a cessation of the interminable 
rain and an effort was made to locate the regiment, to get the 
battalions and companies together intact, and, what was more im- 
portant, to discover the rolling kitchens, and arrange for a meal 
for the men. At daylight no one was in sight except the Head- 
quarters Company, part of the Machine Gun Company, and the 
Regimental Staff and runners. Our bivouac had been near a bat- 
tery of the 29th Field Artillery, and here, just before daylight we 
came under our first hostile artillery fire, high explosive and gas. 
Before 9 a. m., September 12th, the wandering units of the regi- 
ment had been located and safely guided to that part of the Bois 
de Granay assigned the regiment. Here once more we were in con- 
cealment in the woods. 

Throughout the day of the 12th, reports reached us of the 
progress of the attacking troops, for whom we were now serving 
as a reserve division. As the day advanced, the roar of artillery, 
except for the large naval and railroad guns nearby, became more 
and more distant as the attack progressed successfully. Meanwhile 
the rolling kitchens had been assembled, and as the troops ate their 
first full meal in forty-eight hours, from our location in the woods, 
we could see Boche planes flying high overhead. Once more equip- 
ment and arms were cleaned and put in readiness, as we were pre- 
pared to assist the troops of the Second and Fifth Divisions in action 
on our front to the north. 

On the afternoon of the 12th, General Hersey, and the Colonel, 
with Colonel Morgan of the 309th, reconnoitered through Martin- 
court, St. Jean, and Mamey, to Fey-en-Haye, where the attacking 
line had jumped off that morning. The battlefield was empty except 
for the salvage and the sanitary detachments bringing back the wreck 



- THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 49 

of war, abandoned and captured equipment, and the dead and 
wounded. 

Under cover of twilight, September 13th, the regiment again 
moved forward ; where, we knew not. "Follow the troops ahead !" 
was the one command. And the men did their best, on through 
Martincourt and' St. Jean. The roads were far better now, but it 
was a wild scramble for the rearmost detachments to keep closed, 
especially through the towns and over the hills. The men did mag- 
nificently under their heavy packs. Remember they had had no 
sleep by night, and what they could snatch during the day was under 
dripping branches. Food had been an infrequent luxury. 

Some of the units were forced to keep up a steady jog trot, 
but the spirit of stick-to-it held the men together and there was 
little thought of dropping out. Darkness fell. Through Lironville, 
now wholly in ruins, the columns hurried. At Limey was a most 
hopeless confusion. All roads were full of our infantry, while the 
artillery and trains of another division stretched in one unbroken col- 
umn to Noviant, across our line of march. "Go on !" "Go on !" 
came the insistent commands, and we l^roke through the blocking 
transport as best we could. We had a road to follow, such as it 
was ; but the farther we advanced the worse it became. 

Beyond Limey, our rate of progress was snail-like. We had 
now run into our own transport, the teams standing with nose to 
tailgate, held up by the execrable condition of the road. Shell 
craters were everywhere; abandoned transport, both American and 
Boche, lined the road. Our teams were exhausted, and for the 
more urgently needed rations, wagons were temporarily abandoned 
and their tired animals doubled on. Impromptu road gangs filled 
in and bridged the worst of the road, and pushed and hauled the 
wagons along the shell-torn road. 

By degrees, the infantry column cleared the transport, and we 
had the -road to ourselves. On we went, through more war wreck- 
age, scattered ammunition boxes, a few huddled groups of dead 
lying out in the fields, all evidence of a terrific bombardment. Sud- 
denly we crossed a confused line of trenches bordered by stumps 
of trees, and came out into an open space. 

The air changed. Where before the smell of new ground and 
growing plants and trees had filled our nostrils, now suddenly the 
air grew stale and dead, — dead as the smell of lime, and we knew 
that we were in what had been No Man's Land. Here there was 



50 THE MARCH TO THE FRONT ^ 

less evidence of shell craters, but the ground had been churned by 
the fire of small arms and machine guns. Not one living tree or 
plant or flower existed. 

Out of the darkness ahead loomed the shadows of an ambulance 
train. The command, "Give way to the right, for the wounded," 
went back along the column. 

On the column trudged for another half hour. Then a group 
of whispering guides met us, and we were shown what was to 
be our home for the rest of the night. Not yet had we lost that 
dead smell of lime; it seemed to cling to our clothing, and the woods 
in which we found ourselves were saturated with the odor. As our 
eyes became accustomed to the blackness, gradually, we made out 
the wreck of buildings, fallen trees, sidewalks, and what had been 
a trench system. Into this wreckage the men were thrust to find a 
place to sleep as best they could. The Huns had evacuated these 
woods, only hours before. 

Dawn revealed many concrete dugouts, a complete system of 
trenches, and a miniature German village — but wrecked beyond 
recognition by shell craters and the explosion of HE's. Great quan- 
tities of German ammunition and equipment, machine guns, belts, 
and the familiar "potato masher'' were everywhere strewn about. 
Here and there lay the dead — both American and Boche. Only the 
major dugouts remained intact. These were admirably constructed 
and electrically lighted throughout. 

But it was obvious that the Huns had left in a hurry. Personal 
property was scattered everywhere. We had seen and heard an 
artillery preparation. Here was the visible evidence of its destructive 
power. Our burial parties worked long hours without discrimina- 
tion between dead friend and foe. 

The morning and afternoon of the 14th were spent locating and 
reassembling the companies of the regiment, and in making an effort 
to provide what comfort was possible for the coming night. • Rolling 
kitchens were assembled, and once more we were introduced to food. 
A clear sky and a cheerful sun helped immeasureably to restore good 
humor. Exploring parties toured the intricate trenches and the invit- 
ing dugouts, until one soldier was killed by a German grenade "clev- 
erly" concealed beneath a Hun helmet. Such treachery may have 
been "legitimate" warfare from Jerry's standpoint, but its effect 
was the opposite from his intent. Meanwhile the positions of the 
defending and attacking troops were argued pro and con;, blankets 



THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 51 

and clothing were hung out to dry, and the barbers did a flourishing 
business. War couldn't possibly be any harder than it had been 
for us, and we had learned that an hour's sun out-balances a day 
of rain. 

We were satisfied. 

That night, General Hersey, accompanied by Colonel Babcock. 
Colonel Morgan, and Captain Connelly of the 308th Machine Gun 
Battalion, made a personal reconnaisance forward to Thiaucourt, and 
there consulted the respective front line commanders of the Fourth 
Brigade and the Sixth Regiment of Marines, which organizations 
we were to relieve the following night. 

But not yet were we to have our full quota of sleep. Throughout 
the night, gas alarms were sounded, and each time we were forced 
to arouse every member of the regiment and see that his mask was 
properly in place. It was a strenuous night for the gas officers, 
and by morning, murder would have been done cheerfully, if the 
well meaning culprits could have been found. There was no gas, but 
rumour insisted that the Boche was dropping gas bombs from planes 
overhead, and we suffered accordingly. It was the regiment's one 
and only case of nerves. 

After daylight of the 15th, the Colonel, together with his Battalion 
and Company Commanders again went to Thiaucourt. The town 
we found quite intact. Some wreckage existed and a few of the 
larger houses showed shell holes. Boche prisoners stood about the 
streets, guarded by the alert marines. At Brigade and Regimental 
Headquarters we were given what maps were available, and after 
the present position of the lines had been pointed out, guides con- 
ducted the unit commanders to the P.C.'s of the corresponding com- 
manders, forward. 

Beyond the heights north and west of Thiaucourt, a level plain 
stretched a matter of two or three kilometers to the Bois du Rupt 
and the Bois de la Montague. Xammes on the left, and Jaulny on 
the right, marked the limits of the reo^imental sector. Walking 
wounded and some few litter cases passed us on our way up. Our 
s^uides cautioned us to keep twenty paces distance, for the Hun was 
intermittently shelling. On all sides was an unbelievable wastage 
of war — clothinc^ and equipment, dead horses, and a broken down 
French tank. Some dead there were also, American and German. 
But of immediate w^arfare, there was none except the occasional 
bursting of a shell. 



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F'icld Orders 
No. 13. 



HEADQUARTERS 310th INFANTRY. 

September 15th, 1918. 



1. The Regiment marches tonight to relieve the 6th Regiment of Marines. 

2. Men will be ready to march at 7:00 P. M. The Regiment moves in 
the order of Battalions : 2nd, 1st, 3rd. The Machine Gun Company is at- 
tached to the 2nd Battalion and will march immediately in the rear of it. 

Trench Mortar Platoon will be attached to Battalions as follows : 4 mor- 
tars to 2nd Battalion, 2 mortars to 1st Battalion. 

The 2)1 m.m. Gun Platoon will be attached to battalions as follows : 2 guns 
to 2nd Battalion, 1 gun to 1st Battalion. 

3. Combat liason will be established on the right with the 309th, re- 
lieving the corresponding liaison group of the 6th Marines, and similarly, 
combat liaison will be established on the left with the 89th, relieving the 
corresponding liaison group of the 6th Marines. 

4. Each man will carry, in addition to the 100 rounds already in rifle 
belts, two bandoliers of caliber 30 rifle ammunition. 

.S. Guides will meet Battalion, Company and Platoon units at THIAU- 
COURT to conduct the respective units to their position in the line. 

6. Lt. Col. Foster will conduct the march. 

7. Regimental P. C. closes at its present station at 7 :00 P. M. and opens 
at THIAUCOURT at 7:30 P. M. 

8. Rolling kitchens and water wagons follow their respective Battalions 
as far as THIAUCOURT, where they will park in sheltered position off the 
streets. Meals will be prepared at THIAUCOURT and carried to the lines 
not later than 3:30 P. M. 

9. Company Commanders will arrange for details to carry the meals of 
his Company so as to arrive before daylight. 

10. Balance of first and second line transport will remain at present 
park until further orders. 

Vanderwerker, 

Adjutant. 



54 THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 

Marines were posted here and there in shell craters along the 
plain. They looked up grinning as we passed. On towards the 
Bois du Rupt there was evidence of an attempt at a stand by the 
Germans, where they had a clear sweep for rifle fire. Their aban- 
doned trenches lined the edge of the woods, and craters showed 
where the American artillery had driven them back. The woods 
themselves showed clear signs of Indian fighting, with the Boche 
falling back as the Marines infiltrated and outflanked their successive 
positions. The Bois de la Montague had been cleared entirely, most 
of the Boche dead being concentrated along a ravine which was 
evidently their line of retreat. There was only occasional shelling; 
and but little rifle fire. The walking wounded and stretcher cases 
were still moving back. The Marines were holding a broken line, 
following the edge of the woods. The Germans had retired to the 
Rembercourt-Charey-Dommartin line. Ahead lay Mon Plaisir 
Ferme. 

Having completed our reconnaisances, we returned to Thiaucourt 
and awaited the arrival of the regiment. 

At 9:30 P. M. the head of the column marched in on its mission 
of relief for the Marines. Just twelve months before, the nucleus 
of the 310th had been born in Dix. Now it was to have its baptism 
of fire. We should see what we should see. 

As we were entering the town an enemy battery opened fire, 
evidently trying for the bridge across the Rupt de Mad, across which 
the tail of the regiment had yet to cross. The column was moving 
with distances of fifty yards between platoons. There was an 
instant's hesitation as the shells broke, and then the troops moved on 
across. They had had their first taste of shell fire, with but one 
casualty. 

Why this battery did not continue his fire, and why Thiaucourt 
was not deluged with H.E. and gas during our relief of the Marines 
only the Germans can tell. Never was there a clearer, or more bril- 
liant moon and star light. It would have been impossible for planes 
not to have seen the troops. Yet barring a half dozen shells that 
Jerry dropped on the town he left us severely alone until almost 
twenty- four hours later. 

The Second Battalion, under Major Edwin A. Volz, the Machine 
Gun Company, and two-thirds of the trench mortars and Zl M.M. 
guns had been assigned to the Outpost Zone along the northern edge 
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of the trench mortars and 37 M.M. guns, all commanded by Major 
Arthur C. Judd, took over the Support Zone in the Bois du Rupt. 
The Third Battalion, Captain Courtney C. Crozier commanding, 
became the Regimental Reserve in position on the plain between 
Xammes and Jaulny. 

In general, the position was unorganized — ^the Marines had had 
no time for that. Only that morning had they withstood three Hun 
counter-attacks and gained possession of the Bois de la Montague. 
Nowhere was there shelter except funk holes and craters. Needless 
to remark, the Marines seemed glad to be rid of the place. All night, 
smiall detachments moved back, and by daylight the relief was com- 
pleted. 

What our mission was, we knew not. We did know that for 
some reason the limit of our activity was the Rembercourt-Dom- 
martin line, but whether to expect and prepare for constant and 
immediate counter-attacks, or to carry forward the line of the 
Outpost Zone was a dark secret to us. Consequently, our first aim 
was to find out where we were, how we were situated, what was on 
our flanks, and to provide rations for the men. 

Regimental Headquarters had been established in Thiaucourt, in 
the building occupied by the German Mayor of the town, and but 
recently vacated by the Sixth Marine Headquarters. The building 
was a modern stone dwelling in fine condition, and was most pros- 
perously furnished. Its cellar was stocked with hundreds of pounds 
of rice, sugar, oatmeal, canned milk, soap and matches, all of well- 
known American brands which had been shipped to Europe by the 
American Commission for Relief in Belgium. In some way possibly 
past explaining, it had found its way to the German troops defending 
Thiaucourt. 

In addition to these groceries, the regiment acquired a cow, several 
goats, and numerous rabbits which were found running at large in 
the flower and vegetable garden in front and rear of the building. 
The Marines, being wise in their craft, had carried away all the 
laying hens and edible fowls. For once at least, Regimental Head- 
quarters was independent of the Supply Officer and the army ration. 

With the troops it was a wholly different story, and to meet the 
emergency, this gratuitous stock enabled headquarters to establish 
and maintain throughout our stay in Thiaucourt that day-and-night, 
short-order restaurant which was so intensely appreciated by the 
visitors from the outpost and support battalions. 



58 THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 

A dugout, constructed by the Germans under the house next 
door, provided sleeping accommodations for the headquarters staff 
and orderhes — akhough the entrance opened in the direction of the 
Hun hues and was under direct observation of a sausage balloon 
which operated continuously during daylight hours. 

Investigation showed that Thiaucourt had been vacated by the 
Germans in great haste. The houses contained personal belongings 
of every description, including considerable quantities of German 
money. Furniture was strewn about in confusion, indicating the 
desperate search of the former occupants for the few valuables they 
could carry away with them. 

About noon of the 16th, two feeble French women, carrying 
heavy bundles and leading a small child between them, entered the 
town from the direction of Jaulny. They were the only civilians 
who remained, the others having all been evacuated northward by 
the Hun. Documentary evidence of ill-treatment of the French 
inhabitants was found in abundance among the records in the house 
of the German Mayor. Small children and old men had been forced 
to work long hours in the fields to provide food for the German 
garrison of the town and vicinity. 

The day of the 16th was quiet, due no doubt to the fact that the 
Germans had been unable yet to emplace any of their guns after 
their forced withdrawal. 

Members of the Second Battalion, on the front line, crawled 
forward into positions from which rifle fire could be efTected on the 
Huns moving along the ridge south of Charey. Fourteen hits were 
reported by Major Volz. His trench mortars he had used in forcing 
the abandonment of several Hun posts, 700 yards to the northwest. 

Meanwhile, the First Battalion, in support, had sent out patrols 
to locate the left and right flank respectively of the Second Battalion, 
and other patrols were detailed to locate the 309th, supposed to be 
parallel with us on our right, and the position of the 89th Division, 
somewhere west of Xammes. 

The Third Battalion was engaged primarily in digging-in as their 
position offered not the slightest concealment from Hun plane obser- 
vation, and was furthermore in direct observation from the Boche 
O.P. in Mon Plaisir Ferme. 

Under cover of darkness of the 16th, a party of some sixty Huns 
advanced towards our lines, evidently on combat or harassing patrol 
mission. Rifle and machine gun fire forced the group to retire when 
200 yards from our lines, leaving several of their dead. Evidently 



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59 



the information secured by the patrol satisfied the Germans that our 
position was strongly held, for shortly after, their artillery opened 
on the Bois de la Montague and the Bois du Rupt. 

Reports of casualties in all companies of the First and Second 
Battalions, caused by H. E., immediately began to reach Regimental 
Headquarters. Working day and night, the men could barely pro- 
vide head cover for themselves. The ground was largely shale, 
where it was not roots and rock, and to **dig-in" required something 
larger than the toy picks and shovels with which the men were 
equipped. Fortunately, the Boche had abandoned a quantity of 
shovels and pick mattocks, and these were promptly divided equally 
between the two battalions in an effort to protect the men. 

Casualties nevertheless continued alarmingly. 

Officially the St. Mihiel Offensive ended at midnight, September 
16th. Our first twenty- four hours in the line, the last day of the 
offensive, cost us six killed and twenty wounded. 





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A BOCHE "KODAK" OF THIAUCOURT 
(Discovered by Lt. Bacon, 1st. B'n. Supply Officer) 



60 THE MARCH TO THE FRONT 

ROSTER OF OFFICERS IN THE REGIMENT AT THE TAKING 

OVER THE FRONT LINE SECTOR NEAR 

THIAUCOURT, SEPTEMBER 15th, 1918. 

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS. 

Colonel Walter C Babcock Commanding Regiment 

Lieut. Colonel Victor S. Foster Second in Command 

Captain Herbert N. Vanderwerl<:er Regimental Adjutant 

Major John J. Goodwill Regimental Surgeon 

Captain Roy B. Thompson Regimental Operation Officer 

1st Lieut. Earle B. Dane Personnel Adjutant 

1st Lieut. Edwin W. Leary Regimental Gas Officer 

v'lst Lieut. Raymond L. Thompson Regimental Intelligence Officer 

1st Lieut. John M. Bentley Dental Corps 

Captain Lawrence Emmerton Regimental Supply Officer 

2nd Lieut. Clement C. Beuchat Regimental Billeting Officer 

2nd Lieut. Frank W. Donnelly Regimental Transport Officer 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY. 
Captain Harold D. Dyke. 2nd Lieut. Richard B. Rockwood 

1st Lieut. Gerald M. Morgan. (S. D.. Brigade Headquarters) 

1st Lieut. Edward P. Hylant, Jr. 2nd Lieut. Earle S. Rockefeller. 

1st Lieut. Eric B. Kilner 2nd Lieut. Charles J. Piester. 

(S. D., Brigade Headquarters") 2nd Lieut. Harper D. Cannaday. 

MACHINE GUN COMPANY. SUPPLY COMPANY. 

Captain William G. Kaliska. 1st Lieut. Samuel N. Bacon, 1st Bat- 

1st Lieut. Chandler S. Knight. talion Supply Officer. 

1st Lieut. John C. Case. 1st Lieut. Dudley G. Lester, 3rd Bat- 

2nd Lieut. Avra M. Warren. talion Supply Officer. 

2nd Lieut. Harvey L. Cory. 2nd Lieut. Newell E. Beers, 1st Bat- 

2nd Lieut. Bernard A. Flynn. talion Transport Officer. 

HEADQUARTERS FIRST BATTALION 

Major Arthur C. Judd, Commanding Battalion. 

1st Lieut. Milton K. Robinson, Battalion Adjutant 

Captain Charles W. Vates, Battalion Surgeon. 

1st Lieut. Dennis B. Jarrell, Assistant Battalion Surgeon. 

1st Lieut. Samuel N. Bacon, Battalion Supply Officer. 

2nd Lieut. Warren G. Willsey, Battalion Intelligence Officer. 

2nd Lieut. James W. Wilson, Battalion Gas Officer. 

2nd Lieut. Newell E. Beers. Battalion Transport Officer 

Chaplain Charles C. Bell, Battalion Chaplain. 

COMPANY A. COMPANY B. 

Captain Ludlow E. Bretz. Captain Frederick W^ Busk. 

1st Lieut. Lawrence E. Greene. 1st Lieut. William Kulka. 

1st Lieut. Edward F. O'Connor. 1st Lieut. Murray L. Jones. 

2nd Lieut. Edward J, Buettner. 2nd Lieut. George S. McKenzie. 

2nd Lieut. Edward Lister. 



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61 



COMPANY C 
Captain Leroy S. Ward. 
1st Lieut. Woodruff J. Lowman. 
2nd Lieut. Samuel J. Scruggs. 
2nd Lieut. Morrell Smith. 



COMPANY D. 
Captain La.wrence G. Meads. 
1st Lieut. Walter A. Hamilton. 
2nd Lieut. Louis N. Brockway. 
2nd Lieut. Raleigh T. Curtis. 



HEADQUARTERS SECOND BATTALION. 

Major Edwin A. Volz, Commanding Battalion. 

1st Lieut. Charles Douglass, Battalion Adjutant. 

Captain George^C. Robertson, Battalion Surgeon. 

2nd Lieut. H. J. C. Rogers, Battalion Transport Officer. 

2nd Lieut. Kenneth F. Cramer, Battalion Intelligence Officer. 

2nd Lieut. Harold P. Dahlquist, Battalion Supply Officer. 

Chaplain Daniel J. Lynch, Battalion Chaplain. 



COMPANY E. 
Captain William J. Garnache. 
1st Lieut. Frank R. Howe. 
2nd Lieut. Clifford G. Kershaw. 
2nd Lieut. Donald R. Mclntyre. 

COMPANY F. 
Captain Foster J. Ambler. 
1st Lieut. Gordon Hoge. 
1st Lieut. Charles O. Locke. 
2nd Lieut. Albert A. Marquardt. 
2nd Lieut. Charles R. Irwin. 



COMPANY G. 
Captain Walter A. Sommers. 
1st Lieut. Charles T. Crouch. 
1st Lieut. Ward L. Wylie. 
2nd Lieut. Vincent H. Seiler. 
2nd Lieut. Matthew E. Conklin. 

COMPANY H. 
Captain Sterling Gait, Jr. 
1st Lieut. Kenneth M. Doty. 
2nd Lieut. Forrest A. Smith. 
2nd Lieut. Walter B. Harris, Jr. 



HEADQUARTERS THIRD BATTALION. 

1st Lieut. Richard B. O'Connor, Battalion Adjutant. 

1st Lieut. Leland C. Herrick, Battalion Gas Officer. 

1st Lieut. John B. McMillan, Battalion Intelligence Officer. 

1st Lieut. Edward A. Flynn, Battalion Surgeon. 

1st Lieut. Robert A. Sherwood, Assistant Battalion Surgeon. 

2nd Lieut. Harry J. Sargent, Battalion Transport Officer. 

1st Lieut. Dudley G. Lester, Battalion Supply Officer. 

Chaplain James N. King, Battalion Chaplain. 



COMPANY L 
Captain Courtney C. Crozier 

(S. D. at Brigade Hqrs.) 
1st Lieut Gerald T. Hills. 
1st Lieut. Shelton B. Goodrich. 
1st Lieut. Walker B. Beale. 
2nd Lieut. Joseph C. Donoghue. 
2nd Lieut. B. J. Haley. 

COMPANY K. 
1st Lieut. Walter E. Donohue. 
1st Lieut. Herman F. Mann. 
2nd Lieut. Ernest P. Vermillion 
2nd Lieut. Augustus C. Wallace. 



COMPANY L. 
Captain Lee W. Card, 

Commanding Third Battalion. 
1st Lieut. Thomas S. Garrett. 
2nd Lieut. F. J. Collins. 
2nd Lieut. Homer A Phillips. 

COMPANY M. 
Captain Wood L. Ray. 
1st Lieut. Edwin F. Korkus. 
1st Lieut. Irving E. Goldsmith. 
1st Lieut. Hjalmar A. Ekman. 
2nd Lieut. Darwin W. Sherman. 



PART III 

LIMEY SECTOR 

September 17 to October 5, 1918 

THIAUCOURT 

Raid on Mon Plaisir Ferme 



ST. MIHIEL 
(Limey Sector) 

The northern part of the sector to which the regiment had been 
assigned, was covered by a dense woods, irregular in outhne — the 
eastern half of which formed a deep salient facing toward the German 
lines. Companies "E," "F" and ''G" held this salient, while farther 
to the west, Company "H" occupied the hill ground, beyond the 
Xammes-Charey Road. 

The southern part of the sector included Thiaucourt and the 
broad plain, bounded on the west by Xammes, and on the east by 
Jaulny — connecting which towns ran the Army Line. Between the 
Army Line and the front in the Bois de la Montague, lay the support 
battalion in the Bois du Rupt, occupying a former German position 
known as the Bonifaciuslager. 

Our right was cut off from the 309th Infantry by a deep valley 
through which ran the Rupt de Mad, although a detachment^ of that 
regiment had worked forward and occupied the edge of an inverted 
'*U" shaped pocket, in liaison with our front line. On our left, the 
front line of the 89th Division was one and a half kilometers south 
of our own, and so remained until September 20th, when the 356th 
Infantry advanced nearly abreast of us. 

The position was thus exposed on three sides. Natural routes of 
ingress were open to the Boche, not only on the left flank, but along 
the Xammes-Charey Road where several machine gun pits and pill 
boxes were in evidence; also by way of a shallow ravine, partly 
screened by underbrush, which led directly from our front lines to 
the Boche strong point and O.P. at Mon Plaisir Ferme, 800 yards 
distant. Furthermore on our right the promontory which ran down 
to the Moulin de Rembercourt was still No Man's Land, for the 
309th were to the right rear in the Bois de Hailbal and Bois de 
Blainchamp, while even farther to their south, the 156th Brigade was 
clearing the Bois de Bonval. 

Of all these natural inlet routes; the Boche took nightly advantage, 
sending forward regularly harassing patrols, armed with automatics, 

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LIMEY SECTOR 67 

machine guns, and one pounders. Hence the immediate consideration 
was to keep the Boche occupied by counter patrols on our front, and 
to protect our flanks while waiting for the units on our left and right 
to move up into position. 

Dawn of the 17th brought an increase in the concentration of 
German 77's and 155's, many of which exploded in the tree-tops, 
scattering shell fragments beyond the limits of the ordinary burst. 
The falling limbs and trees added to the interest of the situation. 
Throughout the previous night, the men had labored ceaselessly, 
endeavoring to prepare earth shelter ; but this excavating was becom- 
ing more and more difficult owing to the shale and rock formation 
of the soil. Consequently, due to the lack of overhead cover, the 
number of killed and wounded steadily increased. 

Front line casualties, after first aid had been administered, were 
evacuated in stretchers across the deep valley of le Rupt Ruisseau 
to the First Battalion Aid Station on the Bois du Rupt. To this 
point came the motor ambulances of the Regimental Aid Station at 
Thiaucourt and their passage across the open plain traversed by the 
Army Line made them the continual target of Boche artillery. There 
could be no question but that the shelling was deliberate. 

Naturally the congestion was considerable and too much praise 
cannot be given Captain Vates and Lieutenant Jarrell for their tire- 
less energy. To them, working twenty-four hours of the day in the 
dim candlelight of a former German dugout, sleep was a novelty. 

Shell fire accounted for our first officer casualty. Lieutenant 
Robert A. Sherwood, Medical Corps, was instantly killed on Sep- 
tember 17th, near the First Battalion Aid Station. 

By now, the novelty of active operation was rapidly disappearing, 
and the day's work began to asume a more sombre aspect due to the 
ever increasing hardships the front line battalions were forced to 
undergo. Nor was the reserve position one whit easier. Occupying 
positions under the direct observation of an enemy, who during four 
years possession had familiarized himself with every detail of 
the terrain, w^as a supreme test for morale. Enemy artillery fire, 
falling day and night on all positions with deadly accuracy, racked 
the nerves of the men with the continual sight of dead and wounded ; 
rain fell persistently, with only occasional hours of brilliant sun- 
shine ; clothing was rotting with mud and water ; and guns and equip- 
ment could not be cleaned owing to the failure of the supply of gun 
oil. For repletion, the front line battalions were forced to fall back 



68 LIMEY SECTOR 



FABLE. 

September 23, 1918. 
MEMORANDUM TO FABRIC : 

1. FABLE 1 directs that there be submitted in duplicate to these Head- 
quarters daily before 6:00 P. M., a report showing all patrols that are in- 
tended to be sent out during the night. These reports will in each case show 
the hour of departure and return, and the routes to be taken. After con- 
ference with Artillery Liason Oifficer on duty at these Headquarters and 
FACTOTUM, one copy of this patrol report will be returned to you ap- 
proved or disapproved. 

2. There must be no patrol or other activity beyond our front line 
without having first obtained approval from these Headquarters. 

3. In case no patrols are proposed, the statement "Nothing to report" will 
be submitted. 

4. Patrols must be many, frequent and aggressive. 

BY COMMAND OF FABLE 1. 
Fable 2. 



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on a salvage dump established in the Bois du Rupt. Here was 
assorted all excess S.A.A., grenades, rifles, clothing and equipment 
of the dead and wounded — as well as that abandoned by the Marines, 
all of which was issued out as rapidly as required by the companies. 

The food situation was necessarily chaotic, not through any fault 
of the supply company, but due solely to the situation. Just after 
dark, and before dawn, ration details from each company left for the 
rolling kitchens, parked in Thiaucourt, three or more kilometers dis- 
tant. Their return depended entirely on the intensity of shell fire, 
but the distance made it impossible to deliver food to the men 
other than in a cold and most unpalatable condition. 

Despite these necessary hardships, the morale was excellent. The 
men accepted without protest the harrassing enemy fire which 
monotonously depleted their ranks. The work of digging-in continued 
steadily; the regiment was, by merely holding on, accomplishing its 
mission. The position was the ''hinge" of the long battle line to 
Calais which some day was to sweep east and envelop Metz. To 
have advanced farther would have resulted in our being brought 
under the long range guns of that powerfully armed fortress. The 
time was not yet ripe. 

Meanwhile plans for the periodic reliefs, every five days, of the 
front line units, were put into operation. 

The continued offensive activities of the regiment were divided 
into two phases : the patrolling and control of No Man's Land, and 
the direction of our supporting artillery. Combat patrols, usually 
under command of an officer, left the lines under cover of darkness 
each night and followed carefully prescribed but daily changing 
routes towards enemy strong points. The Marines had left us little 
information on which to build these patrols. A few pill boxes had 
been located by observers of the Intelligence Sections, and the activity 
of the Boche at nijo^ht disclosed further locations. Control of a two- 
kilometer front, 800 or more yards deep, called for personal recon- 
naisance, Constance observation, and the authority to act instantly. 
The necessity for the approval of Brigade Headquarters, four 
kilometers to the rear, before a patrol could move, naturally re- 
stricted both their number and their activity. 

Despite this handicap, and the fact that both officers and men had 
never had one hours training in this important work, excellent results 
were accomplished. The mapping out of No Man's Land continued, 
and what was more important, there was daily increasing evidence of 



70 LIMEY SECTOR 

the fact that "Jerry" was feeHng the pressure from our side, and was 
preferring to be less inquisitive. 

One of the most successful of these patrols was that under 
Lieutenant Ward L. Wylie, of Company *'G." This patrol advanced 
to the wire protection at Mon Plaisir Ferme and there attacked two 
enemy machine gun nests, killing or driving out the Germans. Other 
patrols cleared the Xammes-Charey Road and the trenches d'exercice 
southwest of Charey ; a cordon was put across the valley of the Rupt 
de Mad, and the quarries above the Moulin de Renibercourt, and 
Rembercourt itself, were thoroughly investigated. 

Never a day passed without some interesting feature. Major 
General Wright, of the 89th Division, visited First Battalion P.C. 
one cheery morning, as if in answer to the various messages sent the 
356th, inquiring as to their ultimate intent in coming up. To the 
General it was explained that we had nothing on our left and less 
on our right, and we w^atched him depart, hoping for the best. 

As a matter of fact, we feared little on our left, because we were 
satisfied that Captain Crawford's company of the 308th Machine Gun 
Battalion, had full command ; but the right worried us, and consid- 
erable effort was expended in an attempt to round up the very 
scattered elements of the 309th, and either establish them along the 
Rupt de Mad, or better yet, on a line connecting our right with 
Rembercourt. 

By night would come the usual message from the front line bat- 
talion to the efifect that the "Germans were massing for an attack; 
send reinforcements," and ''A" and *'B" Companies would crawl 
sleepily from their wet trenches and make a kilometer Cook's Tour 
forward, only to be told that the Germans were ''dispersed." 

Under such circumstances it might be considered alarming to 
have a supposedly sane officer burst into Battalion Headquarters in 
the dead of night with the startling information that the "entire 156th 
Brigade had been broken ; that the Germans were pouring through 
Rembercourt, and that we were to rush forward reinforcements." 
Fortunately the effects of shell shock were by that time knowm to us. 

Too much praise cannot be given the work of the signal platoons, 
operating with the various headquarters. There was never an 
instant's complaint, as the work 'became increasingly difficult and 
dangerous under the continued shell fire. The call "Line's out !" 
brought immediate response. Our telephone lines dropped from the 
hillside into the Rupt de Ruisseau, climbed the hill again to the support 



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P.C, and thence stretched through the reserve P.C. to Regimental 
Headquarters. All lines were constantly in direct line of fire, and 
the Boche had an uncanny sense, seemingly, of where the lines should 
be. At least, the effect of his fire was mvariably destructive. 

As usual when the lines went out, recourse was had to runners. 
Day and night, they moved back and forth between the positions, 
connecting the battalions, the companies, and the platoons. It was 
their job never to lose their sense of direction, and, primarily, not to 
become casualties; because on them we depended for liaison. Our 
telephone conversation (due to orders from higher headquarters) 
had become a confused jumble of parables and similes, and it required 
a vast stretch of the imagination to determine what Regimental meant 
precisely, when the statement that nothing had been heard from San 
Francisco meant in simpler language, "What is 'H' Company doing?" 
Long ago, our various headquarters had been labelled, some ap- 
propriately, some otherwise, and *'face" and "facet" and "factor" 
were slowly becoming familiar to us. 

About this time we discovered we had a Chaplain; theoretically 
he belonged to the Third Battalion, but he made the entire regimental 
sector his home and he was quite as likely to drop into the front lines 
as back at Regimental Headquarters. What he did was magnificent ; 
he took over the work of the entire regiment. His long coat trailed 
through the Bois de la Montague, along the trenches of the Army 
line, and in the streets of Thiaucourt. Not a man was wounded, but 
King seemed to appear from nowhere to cheer him on his return 
journey. Wherever there was shell fire, there we would find "The 
Little Chaplain." It was not a case of bravado, but sheer indiffer- 
ence to anything but the one essential desire to serve. 

The 19th Field Artillery, in support south of Thiaucourt, handi- 
capped as it was by an iron clad ammunition allowance and inability 
to obtain direct observation, did what it could to deliver fire on known 
targets within range. Effective counter battery fire was naturally 
impractical with the 75's at their disposal. Nevertheless the guns 
were used carefully against the Boche batteries which were causing 
our casualties from camouflaged positions about Charey and north 
of the Hindenburg Line. Of aerial observation, practically, we had 
none, and this lack of support was soon discovered by the Hun, who 
thereupon increased his activities by machine gunning the lines and 
even Thiaucourt, from ridiculously low altitudes. 

On September 18th, Lieutenant Walker B. Beale, commanding 




CHAPLAIN JAMES N. KING, D. S. C. 



LIMEY SECTOR 73 

SECRET. 
Face. 

September 20, 1918, 2 :30 P. M. 
Field Order 
No. 14. 

1. Changes in positions of Battalions will take place on the night of 
Sept. 20-21, and will be accomplished between the hours 20 in the night and 
4 in the morning. 

2. Battalions will change positions as follows: 

(a) At 20 hours FACET will move to relieve FACTOR. 

(b) Upon completion of relief, FACTOR will move to relieve 
FACT. 

(c) Upon completion of relief, FACT will report to FACE 2 as 
part of FARADAY Reserve. 

(d) Platoons of FACE 24 will not be relieved at present 

(e) FACE M. G. Co. will be relieved 24 hours after relief of 
Infantry units. 

(f) Relief of other M. G. units will be as directed by FABLE M. G. 
Officer. 

3. (a) A guide from each platoon of FACTOR will report to FACET 
1 at 19J^ hours. 

(b) A guide from each platoon of FACT will report to FACTOR 
at ISJ^ hours. 

(c) Guides will meet FACT at FACE to conduct FACE to FARA- 
DAY. 

(d) Battalions in outpost and Army line will detail one Battalion 
Staff Officer, one Officer per Company, and one N. C. O. per platoon 
to remain with the relieving Battalions for 24 hours after completion 
of relief. 

(c) Preliminary reconnaissance will be made in every case. 

4. Battalion C. O.'s will make the necessary arrangements for the supply 
of rations, ammunition, tools, etc. 



5. ACKNOWLEDGE. 

Copies by runners to: 

FACT. FACE 15. 

FACET. FACE 23. 

FACTOR. FABRIC. 

FABLE. LIAISON— 177 E. 

FACE 6. LIAISON— FAMILY. 

FACE 7. WAR DIARY. 

FACE 10. FILE. 
FACE 14 — 4 copies. 



Face II. 



74 LIMEY SECTOR 

Company *'!" was mortally wounded. He was rushed through 
Xammes by motor ambulance to a Base Hospital near Toul, in the 
hopes of saving his life; but weeks afterwards we learned that he 
had died of his wounds the day of his evacuation. Prior to our front 
line service, Lieutenant Beale had declined an important assignm.ent 
at Division Headquarters; he had said that he preferred to remain 
with his company. He returned to his death. He had proved a most 
efficient officer. 

At ten o'clock on the night of September 20th, the Third Battalion, 
once more under command of Captain Crozier, moved from its 
position on the Army Line to the relief of the Second Battalion which 
had occupied the front line since September 15th. On completion of 
the relief, the Second Battalion, sadly depleted in numbers, marched 
through Thiaucourt and went into Brigade Reserve in the Bois 
D'Euvisin. The First Battalion vacated the support position in the 
Bois du Rupt, where its casualties had exceeded those of the front 
line, and took over the development of the Army Line. The Bois du 
Rupt, a full kilometer in depth, was left clear of troops, to be used 
as an artillery barrage zone in the event of enemy attack. 

The original dispositions of the regiment, with one Battalion in 
the Bois de la Montague, one of the Bois du Rupt, and the reserve on 
the Army Line, corresponded with the positions of the Sixth Marines, 
at the time we took over. But the mission of the Marines was 
attacking; the mission of the 310th had become organization and con- 
solidation ; there was consequently no need for the troop congestion 
north of the Army Line, and, with the 89th still at Xammes, a 
determined attack by the Boche on either flank would have resulted 
in the two battalions being cut off. The new dispositions were in 
accordance with the Division plan for the permanent organization of 
the whole Limey Sector. 

At 2:30 a. m., on the 21st, the code message announcing the 
completion of the relief was received at Regimental Headquarters. 
There had been no casualties. 

Past noon of the 21st, Regimental runners brought word to the 
Battalion Commanders to report "immediately" to the 310th P.C. 
at Thiaucourt. There, Colonel Babcock outlined the plan for a 
raid to be executed that night on Mon Plaisir, in compliance with 
instructions from Division. The announced plan was for the Third 
Battalion, accompanied by two platoons of the Machine Gun Com- 



LIMEY SECTOR 75 

paiiy, to attack on a front of 600 yards, from a "jumping-off" line 
100 yards in advance of the salient of the Bois de la Montagne. 

The attacking troops, preceded by a rolHng barrage and protected 
on the front and both flanks by a box barrage, were to hold an 
objective 100 yards beyond Mon Plaisir Ferme for twenty minutes. 
During these twenty minutes, engineers, who were to follow the 
attacking line, were to demolish the farm buildings and supporting 
dugouts. 

The Third Battalion was directed to vacate the front line and 
assemble under cover of the woods in rear of the J.O. The First 
Battalion was to advance from the Army Line and take over the 
position vacated by the Third, while the Second Battalion was ordered 
to advance from the Bois D'Euvisin to the Army Line and remain in 
readiness to repel a possible counter attack by the Germans. 

When the conference concluded, there remained barely four 
hours of daylight — one of which v/ould be wasted in getting back to 
the front. Only the most superficial reconnaisance was therefore 
possible. Company commanders were quickly assembled and the 
details of the necessary reliefs and dispositions gone into as carefully 
as time allowed. The commander of the company of engineers 
detailed to accompany the attack went over the terrain and reported 
l)ack to the Engineer Dump near Bouillonville for supplies. Addi- 
tional regimental and battalion O.P.'s were established. Despite the 
paramount need for haste, every contingency seemed to have been 
carefully provided against. 

By nine P. M., the Second Battalion had relieved the First, and 
the First in turn was moving forward to the relief of the Third. 
Two hours later, the troops of the Third were assembling in the rear 
of their J.O., and the First had taken over the front lines. There 
had been no casualties, despite the fact that ''Jerry" seemed to sense 
something in the air. Going across the open plain between the Army 
Line and old support position, the First had been subject to some 
shell and gas ; but nothing serious. "Jerry" too was dropping a few 
in the Bois du Rupt, and when the Battalion was assembled at the 
foot of the ravine in the Rupt de Ruisseau Valley, his fits of shelling 
showed his nervousness. 

By midnight, all was in readiness as far as the regiment was con- 
cerned. But the engineers had failed to appear. Nevertheless there 
could be no question of delaying the raid. That must take place 
according to schediile— engineers or no engineers. 



76 LIMEY SECTOR 

Captain Crozier moved forward to his new P.C. at edge of the 
woods. H hour was a question of minutes now. 

Precisely at one o'clock, the Third Battalion jumped off and 
advanced up the slope towards Mon Plaisir, under the screen of their 
rolling barrage. Instantly, the sky was ablaze with the German flares 
and rockets, and in less than one minute the Hun counter-barrage 
dropped along the edge of the Bois de la Montague among the sup- 
port battalion. 

'X" and '*M" in the first wave, with "K" in support, and "I" in 
reserve was the wedge we were driving at the Boche. In twenty 
minutes, the men had scrambled through the twenty-foot belts of 
barbed wire protecting the Hun positions and were driving them back 
from the shelter of the farm buildings. That twenty minutes had 
brought the concentrated fire of rifles, automatics, and machine guns 
on our men. Within that box barrage, the Germans were fighting 
hard ; they were causing serious casualties, but they could not keep 
our men from the objective. 

For twenty minutes, the Third held their position, in accordance 
with the prescribed order, keeping up a continuous fire. Of course 
nothing could be done as regards the demolition of the Ferme, but 
Huns were bayonetted as they fought in the trenches about the 
buildings ; others were shot as they attempted to run clear, or were 
killed as they tried to cross the line of the barrage. Targets were 
so plainly visible under the light of the German flares that there could 
be no question of missing. 

But the withdrawal was a dififerent story. 

At 1 :40 the signal was fired. Now enemy machine gunners who 
had remained in concealed positions well out on the flanks, during 
the attack, opened up a murderous fire. To accomplish the successful 
withdrawal of the battalion, it was imperative that these guns be put 
out of action immediately. On either flank were detachments of our 
own Machine Gun Company, assigned to their protection. But they 
were not satisfied to do this. Men like Sergeant Lawless gathered 
up rifles and grenades and put the nests out of action one by one. 
Others, like Corporal Amling, coolly pushed their guns forward and 
covered the withdrawal of the Battalion. It was due to their mag- 
nificent work that casualties were no more severe. 

But the cost was heavy. The losses of the battalion and Machine 
Gun Company, showed Lieutenant Corey and twenty-nine men 
missing, Lieutenants Sherman, Ekman, Korkus, Vermillion and 



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Mann, and seventy-two enlisted men wounded, and sixteen killed. 
The total of course does not include casualties from the Hun coun- 
ter-barrage on the First and Second Battalions. Of the wounded, 
all were carried back safely to our own lines and evacuated. 

The casualties of the Germans were of course a matter of con- 
jecture, but there is not an officer or enlisted who took part in that 
raid, who does not feel convinced that they exceeded our own. The 
eleven German prisoners captured furnished valuable information 
concerning the strength and disposition of their units. Their age 
ran from about twenty-three to about thirty-three, and despite what 
we had heard of their suffering and privations they seemed to be well 
fed and vigorous. Most of them had bits of black bread in their 
pockets, and plenty of Kriegstabak — and their letters indicated no 
extremely abnormal conditions at home. Their first attitude was one 
of terror, as they had been repeatedly warned of the horrible tortures 
we would inflict upon them ; but once having learned that we intended 
no harm, they appeared delighted to have been captured. 

Questions were answered freely, both before and after our attitude 
was made clear to them. There was never the slightest hesitancy in 
their replies. They knew, even then, that the German cause was 
lost ; that there were more than a million Americans in France, and 
that more were pouring in. To the Kaiser and his mad ambitions, 
they attributed the war. 

With the arrival of daylight, came the usual morning hate increased 
to a marked degree. Thiaucourt, which had received its share of 
Boche Iron Rations at all hours of the day and night, since Sep- 
tember 15th, was bombarded for over an hour by several batteries of 
Hun 220's, the first of which was carefully directed by an enemy 
airplane hovering unmolested over the town. 

The night after the raid, our patrols cruised No Man's Land 
searching for any trace of Lieutenant Corey and the missing twenty- 
nine men. But the effort was fruitless. We were forced to the 
conclusion that they had been captured, and this was afterwards con- 
firmed, when the men returned from their German prison camps. 
Lieutenant Corey however had been seriously wounded in the raid, 
and although we did not learn it for months afterwards, had died of 
his wounds a few days afterwards. We have missed "Pop" Corey — 
missed his smile, his cheerfulness, and his ingenuousness. He proved 
a very daring officer; the regiment owes him a debt of gratitude it 
cannot repay, and his memory will be with us always. 



LIMEY SECTOR 79 

The digging uf the new defensive trench system on the Army 
Line, and the installation of barbed wire continued daily under the 
supervision of the engineers ; but activity of any kind brought down 
on the workers the usual Hun hate, among the casualties being the 
engineer. Lieutenant Doolittle, who was instantly killed by a 
direct hit. Despite the most careful allocation of the work, and 
the dividing of details into working parties with assigned tasks, the 
completion progressed slowly, and it was decided to cut the force 
on the front line to two companies only, and so place six companies 
on the trenches. 

On September 26th-27th, Companies ''A" and "B" took over the 
outpost zone which had previously been held by an entire battalion, 
disposed in depth. The Second Battalion, with Companies "'C" and 
"D" of the First Battalion, took over the Army Line and carried 
on the work of entrenching; while the Third Battalion moved back 
to the Bois d'Euvisin — theoretically for a rest. 

This relief was not completed without casualties, despite the 
fact that the men were becoming expert and reliefs were being 
effected more quietly and expeditiously. The Hun was growing 
wary ; it was impossible for so considerable a troop movement to 
take place under his eyes, without some suspicion reaching him. 
Before H : 30 p. m. the First Platoon of *'F" Company suff'ered four 
casualties when taking over near Xammes. 

With no signs sufficient to prove that the Hun intended to cease 
his continuous hammering on Thiaucourt, and with two "chow 
wagons" in ruins due to the excellent marksmanship of the 220's, the 
rolling kitchens were now moved to a more sheltered position in the 
rear of the town. Each evening, the limbered transport, laden with 
cooked rations, made its none too secure way north to a defiladed 
position on the Army Line, southwest of Hill 28L7. Ration parties 
at this point met the limbers and carried the food in *'dixies" to the 
platoons forward where it was distributed under cover of darkness. 

Thiaucourt was gradually acquiring the appearance of a ruins 
Not even the stolid French masonry could withstand the ceaseless 
pounding of the Boche artillery. The heart of the town had been 
burned out long since; and the church had been dynamited by our 
engineers as it was thought the Boche were using the church tower 
to register on. For Regimental and Brigade Headquarters the town 
was commencing to prove a considerable risk. Enemy shells, directed 
by the ever present German observation balloon, were fallinq- uncom- 



80 LIMEY SECTOR 

SECRET. 

Face. 

Field Orders September 26th, 1918., 1:00 P. M. 

No. 15. 

1. Changes in position of Battalions will take place on the night of 
September 26-27, 1918, and will bt accomplished between the hours 19j^ 
in the night and 4 in the morning. 

2. Battalions will change position as follows : 

(a) At 19^^ hours FACT will move to Army Line. 

(b) Upon arrival of FACT at Army Line Facet 1 and two 
Companies will move to reheve FACTOR. 

(c} Upon completion of relief, FACTOR will move to FABLE 
RESERVE. 

(d) FACE 24 will arrange for relief of his platoons. (See an- 
nex memorandum.) 

3. (a) Sixteen guides from FACET will report to FACE at 19^ 
hours to guide FACT platoons. 

(b) A guide from eight platoons of FACTOR will report to 
FACET at 20 hours to guide two Companies to Outpost Line. 

(c) Guides will meet FACTOR at FACE to conduct FACTOR 
to FABLE RESERVE. 

(d) FACTOR will detail one Battalion Staff Officer, two Com- 
pany Officers and eight platoon N. C. O.'s, to remain with the re- 
lieving Companies for twenty-four hours after completion of re- 
lief. 

(e) Preliminary reconnaissance will be made in every case. 

(f) Infantry rifle Company detachments of FACET and FAC- 
TOR, now in combat liasion with 356th Infantry, will be relieved 

by corresponding detachments of FACT and FACET, respectively 
during the night of September, 27-28, 1918, by mutual arrangement 
between Battalion Commanders concerned. 

(g) Trench Stores, except such as may be with FACT, will not 
be removed from the present lines. Trench Stores in possession of 
FACT will be taken to the new Post. 

4. Battalion Commanders will make the necessary arrangements for 
the supply of rations, ammunition, tools, etc. 

5. Battalion Co'immanders will notify FABLE and FACE in that 
order, immediately upon completion of their change by code Sentence 
"Motor Still Runs." 

6. ACKNOWLEDGE. Face II. 
Copies by runner to: FACE 15. 

FACT. FACE 24. 

FACET. FABRIC. 

FACTOR. LIAISON-177 D. 

FABLE. LIAISON FAMILY. 

FACE 6. • FACE 10. 

FACE 7. WAR DIARY. 

FACE 14-4 copies. FILE. 



LIMEY SECTOR 81 

fortabl> close — especially to the Regimental P. C, and it had been 
considered advisable to seek a better location underground. 

Visitors found the Colonel operating in a palatial suite of offices, 
constructed by the Pioneer platoon. Several adjacent cellars had 
been connected by breaking holes in the partition walls, and the 
result was a vaulted, soot-covered, stone ceiling dungeon, into which 
the light of day never penetrated. Here, amid the clatter of type- 
writers, the ringing of telephones connecting with the various P.C.*s, 
and the pungent odors of the underground kitchen, business went 
on as usual. 

The appointments were perfect. A row of box springs, salvaged 
from beds through the town, arranged along one side wall, provided 
sleeping accommodations for the Staff as well as for arriving officers ; 
a long table along the opposite wall served alternately for office work 
and for mess ; and an elaborate chandelier, suspended from the center 
of the ceiling, shed a subdued light over all. Even gas proof cur- 
tains were provided by the industrious Captain Leary as a measure 
of precaution against the mustard and sneezing gas which hung daily 
about the streets. Nevertheless this Gas Officer was unpopular 
because the staff insisted that his factor of safety was too great; it 
was a case of choice between being gassed and certain suffocation, in 
which Jerry became largely interested. 

Battalion and Company Headquarters were not quite so palatially 
equipped. The P.C. on the Army Line had been previously a Boche 
O.P. Sixty or more steps led down a forty-five degree slope to a 
six by twelve hole in the ground, which naturally was occupied as lit- 
tle as possible. It was pleasanter to dodge shells under the trees 
above, and watch the German planes bomb Thiaucourt. In the Bois 
du Rupt, the Huns had thoughtfully provided a concrete dugout for 
the Battalion P.C, fully ten by twenty-five, while the Company Head- 
quarters were distributed among other equally desirable, but smaller 
locations. The supporting company on the left flank, and the 309th 
Detachment on the right, each had admirable headquarters; but 
the extreme difficulty with each and all of these positions was the 
fact that Jerry knew the co-ordinates precisely, and his aim was per- 
fect. The front line P.C. was under direct observation at all times. 

The men continued to live in open trenches, with only such cover 
as they could improvise. Tools were not available and such work 
as was possible, was carried on small shifts. For the balance of the 
time, there was nothing to do but "sit and take it." Their food was 



82 LIMEY SECTOR 

poor, if and when it reached them; their clothing was ragged, and 
their equipment— through no fault of theirs, foul and rusty. Yet 
they never lost their smile. They had not forgotten that they were 
"sticking to it" in a sector that the Marines had freely expressed 
themselves as being glad to get out of. 

Second Battalion Headquarters, with Companies "E" and "H," 
and the Machine Gun Company, moved to the relief of the companies 
in the outpost zone during the night of October 2nd-3rd. Again 
the Boche was watchful. While the relief was in progress, an 
enemy plane, flying low, dropped several flares which illuminated 
the moving column. But this trick of the Hun had already been 
experienced by the First Battalion during a previous relief, and again 
there were no casualties. The column halted instantly, and held 
itself absolutely motionless. There being no moving shadow to 
guide the enemy observer, he was unable to use his machine guns, 
and the companies again moved forward and effected the relief. 
Before daylight the troops w^ere in position wath the Third Battalion 
and Companies "F" and *'G" on the Army Line, and the First Bat- 
talion withdrawn to the Bois d'Euvizin, for a "rest.'' 

During the preceding week, the six companies on the Army Line 
had progressed rapidly in accomplishing the task of constructing 
the system of defense laid out by the engineers. The coming of day- 
light no longer put a stop to all activity, for the depth of trench now 
provided some concealment for the working parties. Nevertheless 
the continued alertness of the Boche airmen enabled their artillery 
to register an unusually high percentage of hits, and because their 
planes were never molested, our number of killed and wounded 
increased daily. 

On clear days, the Germans came over not in singles or in pairs, 
but in flights and squadrons. As many as thirty at a time were 
counted, cruising at low altitudes over the Army Line and machine- 
gunning the troops. We had no protection other than our own 
machine guns and it was utterly impossible to manoeuvre them with 
sufficient rapidity to effect hits. Every detail of our movements and 
operations was open to Jerry's inspection, and the wonder is only 
that he did not take greater advantage of our helplessness. For- 
tunately, direct casualties from the planes were few. but the net 
result w^as invariably a concentration of artillery fire which followed 
their visits. Yet even the absence of Allied planes failed to w^eck 
the spirit of the men. They used their rifles, and never lost their 



LIMEY SECTOR 83 

From- FACE 1. 27th September, 1918. 

At: THIAUCOURT. Hour: 1U:50A. M. No. 1. 

To: FACET 1. How Sent: Runner. 

There are several indications that much of the German artillery has been 
withdrawn or is in the process of changing its position. It is probable also 
that there has been a change in the strength and location of the German 
Outposts. There has never, during our occupancy of this sector, been more 
than one German Company distributed in detachments, along our entire Regi- 
mental front. The morale is poor, they will not stand and fight and they 
cannot shoot anyway and will surrender if given any opportunity. No 
prisoners have been captured on this sector in six days. Our own patrolling 
activity has been slight and barren of results due to some extent at least 
to the selection of wrong leaders. Results were obtained in the right sec- 
tor of our Division getting nine prisoners night before last by a small patrol 
working to the rear of a M. G. nest and capturing the outfit without 
casualties to the patrol. Of course, some casualties are to be expected. 
When properly led, such a patrol can get results that are worth the co-^t. 

I want you to plan for tonight such a patrol to operate against such 
objectives as you see fit. The mission of the patrol being to bring back 
])r:soners. I believe that a properly led patrol with a good second in c<<ni- 
mand and in numbers not exceeding twelve to sixteen men, properly armed 
with automatics and grenades, will serve you better and attract less enemy 
attention than will a larger raid, requiring more elaborate planning and 
preparation. There are many enemy M. G. positions in your sector, some 
of them close in and others far out, but not all of which are ever occupied 
at any one time. The patrol should have its route defined in advance and 
should the first such post encountered be found unoccupied, the patrol should 
continue on its route to the next one, keeping in mind constantly the prime 
object of its being — namely, to capture and bring back prisoners. I will not 
lay down to you the time of starting the route, the strength, or the hour of 
return of such a patrol, leaving that to your own judgment and your more 
intimate knowledge of the terrain In front. Scout Officers of FACTOR should 
have left with you a tracing showing the location of enemy posts. It is 
reported that daily enemy individuals are seen sneaking into such positions 
at dusk, yet not since our own M. G. Co., left the front line, has there been 
any harassing M. G. or automatic fire delivered on such individuals or 
posts. It is understood that such fire was avoided on the ground that it 
drew hostile fire. To my mind, that is not no good reason. The offensive 
spirit and the feeling of ownership and control of the ground in front must 
be In the mind of every officer and man in the outpost line. Sitting in a 
hole in the ground and taking what punishment the enemy is pleased to in- 
flict, will not gain information of that enemy or teach him respect for our 
arms. Plan your patrol early today along the lines laid down above, em- 
ploying your M. G.'s to co-operate, if needed. Give me the outlines of 
when, where, by whom the work will be done, so that I can submit same 
to FABLE for approval before 6:00 P. M. todav. I will phone you approved 
or disapproved bv code. "CLOCK STOPPED" means disapproved. "AL- 
COHOL SUPPLY EXHAUSTED" means approved. Artillery must also 
be notified through us of the larger details of your plans. The simpler the 
plan, the better is the chance of success. Face — 1. 



84 LIMEY SECTOR 

confidence that our planes would come "some time." Meanwhile, 
they felt the job was theirs to do. 

On September 30th, orders were received directing the sending 
out of numerous patrols to reconfirm the enemy front lines, as he 
was suspected of an intention to withdraw on the entire front as a 
result of the continued success of the Argonne drive. 

The return of the patrols brought repeated reports of "No change" 
and every member was convinced that enemy machine gunners were 
still active and vigilant, and able to pick targets with their accustomed 
accuracy. Large German working parties in the rear areas were 
constantly visible from our O.P.'s, apparently strengthening and 
improving the German defenses. Plainly, the Boche on our own 
front, at least, had no intention of withdrawing. 

Our artillery had become more active, striving to direct destruc- 
tive fire on the formidable targets such as Mon Plaisir and the town 
of Charey, although the possibility of "squaring" things with Jerry 
were slight. Not a single morning dawned without a "hate" in the 
form of fire on all portions of our positions ; and the approach of 
darkness brought daily an intense but useless shelling of our old 
support location in the Bois du Rupt. Our daily casualties, while 
no longer "heavy," when added to the totals, gave an aggregate that 
was distressing. 

It was disheartening to continue, day after day, holding a posi- 
tion which necessitated accepting continuous bombardment without 
retaliation in the form of action of some kind. The possibility of 
easily forcing the enemy to abandon his position on the "Hindenburg 
Line" had been demonstrated by the raid on Mon Plaisir. Why not 
push Jerry back a kilometer or so, and get out of our woods — every 
foot of which he knew so well? Yet the orders called for nothing 
more active than patrolling and day after day we sat tight and 
dug in. 

Thiaucourt, which on September 15th had been but little dam- 
aged, was now a wreck of masonry. There remained few buildings 
that had not received direct hits. Large sections of the street pave- 
ment had been destroyed. In the lower part of the town, the Rupt 
de Mad reeked with the pungent odors of mustard and phosgene. 

Suddenly, on October 4th, orders were received directing our 
relief by the 89th (the division next on our left). This division 
was to extend to the east, taldng over the 155th Brigade Sector. At 
noon, officers of the relieving battalion arrived at Thiaucourt. 



LIMEY SECTOR 85 



HEADQUARTERS 310th INFANTRY. 

SECRET. 4th October, 1918, 12:30 P. M. 

Field Orders 
No. 17. 

1 No change in enemy situation. Our 1st Battalion has moved to 
FORET DE LA REINE. 

2. This Regiment will be relieved by the 356th Infantry on the night of 
4-5 October, 1918. The relief will be completed by 23 hours, 4th Oct., 1918. 

3. (a) The three Companies, 3rd Battalion, and two Companies 2nd 
Battahon, now on Army Line, will, upon completion of relief, proceed 
in small detachments, under command of Commanding Officer, 3rd 
Battalion, to the neighborhood of BOIS D'EUVEZIN. 

(b) Battalion P. C. and two Companies, 2nd Battalion, now on out- 
post line, will upon completion of relief, proceed in small detachments 
to BOIS D'EUVEZIN. 

(c) The 2nd and 3rd Battalions will be assembled independently 
at BOIS D'EUVEZIN and will, without delay, march via road LIMEY- 
FLIREY-BEAMONT-MANDRES, thence South to the FORET DE 
LA REINE. 

(d) Headquarters Company will follow 3rd Battalion upon depar- 
ture from BOIS D'EUVEZIN. 

(e) Relief of combat liaison groups will be accomplished at the 
same time as relief of Companies. The Outpost Combat Liaison Group 
will withdraw with that part of the 2nd Battalion now on Cutpost. 

(f) Battalions of this Brigade have right of way over respective 
Battalions of the 156th Infantry Brigade. Within this Brigade, Bat- 
talions of the 309th Infantry have right of way over Battalions of 
this Regiment. 

(g) Companies of the Outpost Line will have one reliable guide, 
per platoon, report to Regimental P. C. at 6 :00 P. M. to meet incom- 
ing Companies. The 3rd Battalion, on the Army Line, will have 
sixteen reliable guides report to Regimental P. C. at 6:00 P. M. to 
meet four relieving Companies. 

(h) Battalions in first and second line will install one Battalion 
Staff" Officer, one officer per Company and one N. C. 0. per platoon 
for each of the relieving Companies to remain with the incoming troops 
twenty-four (24) hours after completion of relief. 

(i) Battalion Commanders will turn over to relieving Companies 
all Trench Stores, ammunition, tools, etc., and take memorandum re- 
ceipt for same. 

All maps covering the ground within our present area, except 
THIAUCOURT 1/50,000 and any maps showing areas South of this 
area, will be turned over to relieving units. 

4. Transport will follow the respective Battalions upon departure from 
BOIS D' EUVEZIN. 



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LIMEY SECTOR 



Transport of Headquarters Company will follow that of 3rd Battalion. 

5. Should daylight come before any unit has reached its destination in 
FORET DE LA REINE, the shelter of the nearest woods will be sought 
and the march resumed at twilight, October 5th, 1918. 

6. Regimental P. C. closes at THIAUCOURT when rear element of 
Regiment clears THIAUCOURT. Messages thereafter to rear of column. 

7. ACKNOWLEDGE BY PHONE. 

By Order of Colonel Babcock. 

H. N. Vanderwerker, Adjutant. 



Copies to : 

C. O. 1st Bn. 
C. O. 2nd Bn. 
C O. 3rd Bn. 
R. I. O. 

Operations. 

C. O. 303rd F. S. Bn. 

Major Goodwill. 



C O. Hq. Co. 

C. O. 356th Brig. Infantrv 

C. 0>. 309th Infantry. 

C. O. 155th Inf. Brig. 

War Diarv. 

File. 

Regt. Sup. Ofif. — 4 copies. 




WHEX THE BOCHE HELD THIAUCOURT 
(From a German Film Discovered by Lt. Bacon, 1st. B'n. S. O.) 



LIMEY SECTOR 87 

It looked as it' \vc wt-rr .i;niiiK t*^'" -'i i<-'^l- 
We felt that we deserved it. 

Soon after dark that part of the 356th Infantry assigned to our 
area, paraded into Thiaucourt in a compact column of squads, and, 
after a brief delay, moved on towards the Army Line and the out- 
posts, just in time to escape a lively period of shelling. 

By 4:00 a. m., wdien the last of the companies had cleared 
Thiaucourt, the Colonel and staff left the friendly confines of their 
cellar, crossed the Rupt de Mad, and followed the road southward 
out of the town, as the early morning '1iate'' began. 

A few close shells, as the bridge was crossed, did not delay the 
departure. Thiaucourt was receiving another hammering, while 
tow^ards Jaulny, the intermittent sputter of machine guns was audible. 
Evidently the new troops w^ere letting the Hun know they had 
arrived. 

It was a very tired, dirty, hungry regiment that marched out of 
Thiaucourt that morning ; but a regiment that had proved its superi- 
ority to the Hun, individually and collectively, in attack and in 
defense. We w^ent in recruits ; we came out with a measure of that 
experience wdiich was to stand us in so good stead in the Argonne. 

During our three weeks in the Limey Sector, our casualties 
exceeded those of any other infantry regiment in the division. These 
losses are to be attributed to tw^o conditions : First, the salient fea- 
ture of the outpost zone with its exposed flanks (a condition which 
was out of our power to amend), and second, the terrain itself, under 
continuous direct observation by the Boche. 

Between midnight, September 18th, and 4:00 A. M., October 5th, 
the battle casualties may be itemized as follows : 

Officers Enlisted men 

Killed in action 1 10.") 

Died of w^ounds 2 16 

W^ounded 8 446 

Gassed 1 95 

Missing 1 32 

Total Casualties 14 694 

The above figures do not include those men who were evacuated 
as ''gassed," but who returned to duty within ten days. 
Thiaucourt was a hell-hole. 



REPORTS 

On the Operations of 

THE SUPPLY CO., 310TH INFANTRY 

and 

THE 310TH MEDICAL DETACHMENT 

AT THIAUCOURT 



90 LLMEY SECTOR 

SUPPLY COMPANY, 310th INFANTRY. 
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. 

January 14th, 1919. 

MEMORANDUM : To G-1, Headquarters 78th Division. 

In compliance with your memorandum dated January 6th, 1919, the fol- 
lowing IS a summary ot the activities of the Supply Company of this Regi- 
ment during the ST. MIHIEL operations : 

When this Regiment took over from the Marines at THIAUCOURT a 
system of supply as applied to a condition of that sort was a question which 
no one m the Supply Company or Regiment knew anything about. 

Of all the myriad of schools which had been held, not one dealt with the 
supply problem and no supply officer had been on any front as an ob- 
server even. There had been lectures on the subject in the British area, 
but no one remembered enough of what had been said at them, to be seriously 
handicapped, so we gathered what we could of the idea from the Marines 
and started in on a continuation of the same plan which they had followed. 
Subsequently the whole plan of action was changed, and, by the time the 
Regiment left that front, a system of supply had been tried out and per- 
fected, which later proved itself to be based on sound ideas. 

The first disposition taken up w^as as follows: 

All kitchens were located in the town of THIAUCOURT, as was the 
personnel of each Battalion Supply Detachment which looked after them. 
The first line transport was located in the woods on both sides of the road, 
near the first cross-roads out of THIAUCOURT on the THIAUCOURT 
khCNlEVILLE road (BO IS DE REICHE). The 2nd hne transport and 
Headquarters of Supply Company in the BOIS D'EUVEZIN, near the 
Brigade Ration Dump. 

SYSTEM OF SUPPLY^: Second line hauled to first line. First line 
hauled to THIAUCOURT and later sent other limbers to THIAUCOURT 
and hauled rations and soforth to the forward ration dump. 

FAULTS: 1. Kitchens subject to shelling caused loss of personnel from 
artillery fire and from gas. 

2. Excessive amount of transport on roads, which were under direct 
observation during the day, 

3. Delays due to reloading. 

4. Difficulties arising from transport being halted in THIAUCOURT to 
load rations; this frequently while town was being shelled. 

5. Lack of liaison between Battalion Supply Officers and Battalion Trans- 
port Officers. 

6. First line transport park subject to shelling. 

7. Lack of liaison between Regimental Supply Officer and everything 
else except Regimental Headquarters, which he visited daily. 



LIMEY SECTOR 91 

It was found that Cooks took more interest in the next shell than in 
the next meal; that the first line transport had no peace and men and 
animals got very little real rest, as shells came in and about their location 
at all hours of the day and night ; that only two animals were lost as a 
result of enemy action on this front, was due to good luck rather than 
good management. 

The first change made was to withdraw the first line transport to the 
BOIS D'EUVEZlN, in the imme-diate vicinity of the second line. This 
gave them a quiet location and better picket lines, which was an ad- 
vantage, but a long haul, which was an unimportant disadvantage, as they 
had plenty of animals to double team everything without overworking 
their stock, but it still kept a lot of transport on the road during the day. 
About this time the 2nd Battalion was sent up to the Brigade reserve and 
a few days later to Division reserve, and their kitchens were withdrawn 
from THIAUCOURT and shipped with their transport. The Battalion Sup- 
ply Detachment was also withdrawn, and when the Battalion again went 
into the line the kitchens were held at the transport and the ration pre- 
pared there, and the limbers started shortly after dark for the line with 
rations, ammunition, and whatever else was to go up, and pulled right 
through without stop. 

The same plan was followed wath the other elements of the Regiment, 
as fast as they were withdrawn from the line, and the final result was, 
that all kitchens except that of Headquarters Companv. and one of those 
of the 1st Battalion, which was used in THIAUCOURT as a sort of "Owl 
Lunch" for runners, were back in the BOIS D'EUVEZlN. Headquarters 
Company fed most of their personnel in THIAUCOURT so their kitchen 
was left there, but as they had no occasion to haul anything but ammuni- 
tion to the front, this made no particular difference. 

Under this plan of operation the Regimental Supply Officer was in con- 
tinual touch with the Battalion Supply Officers. Food was better pre- 
pared as the raw ration was in the hands of the cooks from four to five 
hours earlier than formerly, and the kitchens were not shelled at all. The 
necessity for having transport on the forward roads during the day was 
practically eliminated. Cobbling and other repair work could be, and was, 
carried on, and by the aid of a telephone which connected from the Regi- 
mental Supply Officer to the Regimental Exchange liaison was complete 
all round. The first line transport was free to bring up supplies that could 
not be delivered by track from NOVIAXT and ROSIERS. 

The main points brought out on this front as a result of the experiences 
of the Supply Company were: 

1. Supply Company plus kitchens should be centralized as near the 
ration dump as possible, so as to give all possible time to the prepara- 
tion of meals. 

2. It is better to have a long haul than a short picket line. A picket 
line that is so sited that it comes under shell fire is liable to losses and 
disorganization just at the time when transport is most needed. 

A better advantage can be taken of the ration if the kitchens are where 
transport has free access to them at all times and if the kitchens of the Bat- 



92 LIMEY SECTOR 

talion are bunched, better meals can be prepared, as each kitchen can be 
assigned a proportion of one article for the whole battalion. 

As the ration, ammunition, Ordnance and Quartermaster dumps were 
all located very close together in the BOIS D'EUYEZIN it was possible 
to make up the Battalion Train early in the afternoon and have time to 
check it by daylight and make sure that everything required had been loaded. 
Also being located further in the rear trains had a choice of several roads 
for entering the town, so that if for any reason one was impracticable, it 
was not necessary to wait for it to be cleared, and another could be used. 

When the Regiment w^s relieved and started the march which ended 
at PIERREFITTE, the entire transport of the Regiment marched as one 
column with the second line transport in front. This formation was con- 
trary to general usage, but was taken up because the second line transport 
was the most heavily loaded and had no spare animals. It was found that 
this formation gave a better closed column than was had when light loaded 
faster walking vehicles were put in the lead. 

On the march Supply Detachments marched with the transport which 
pertained to them. From PIERREFITTE the Regiment was moved by 
truck, Supply personnel going with the Regiment, the transport traveling in 
the Divisional Train. 

Lawrence Emmerton, 

Captain, 310th Infantry, Commanding Supply Company. 



REGIMENTAL INFIRMARY. 310th INFANTRY, A. E. F. 

13th January, 1919. 
MEMO: To Division Surgeon. 

In compliance with Memo. D. S. O., 8th January, 1919, following is a 
brief narrative of the operations of the Medical Department, 310th Infantry, 
in the St. Mihiel sector: 

The 310th Infantry entered the lines at Thiaucourt on the night of Sep- 
tember 15th and morning of September 16th, 1918, relieving the advance 
guards of the Sixth Marines and taking over their Aid Station Site as well 
as the sector. They had no supplies on hand at the time due to the wreck- 
ing of the station by shell fire. This necessitated finding some place that 
was suitable for an Aid Station. After a search of the area a building 
built of unmilled 1^ inch logs or saplings was considered as the best avail- 
able at that time, and a building about 300 feet away built of one-inch un- 
finished lumber was to be used as a collecting station and loading station for 
the ambulance. The sites chosen offered no protection to the men from 
enemy artillery or machine gun fire but were on a slope of a hill, rather 
densely wooded (Bois du Rupt), facing and in direct view of the enemy. 
When not on duty the men were in foxholes and trenches for shelter. 



LIMEY SECTOR 93 

This station was occupied by the Medical Corps of the 2nd and 1st Bat- 
talions while the Third was in Thiaucourt, taking over and occupying the 
old building occupied by the Marines. During the three days this station 
was occupied, or until an old German pill box and machine gun emplacement 
was found, the enemy placed four barrages upon the woods and the troops 
with 29 deaths and 103 wounded men. All of whom were evacuated with- 
out accident. 

On the fourth day the pill-box was policed and the Aid Station, removed 
there. From this box or station there were evacuated in the next sixteen 
days a total of about 450 wounded men of the 310th Infantry, and an un- 
tabulated number from neighboring units, especially the 308th Machine Gun 
Battalion and 309th Infantry. We also acted as auxiliary supply and col- 
lection station from some wounded of the 309th Infantry, who had been 
dressed in their Aid Station just South of us and were transported over 
the hill. This, because of our superior ambulance loading point and be- 
cause of the shorter haul for the wounded. 

This station was maintained from September 19, 1918, until our relief by 
the 89th Division, Ottober 4, 1918, and was the victim of almost continu- 
ous enemy shelling and Machine Gun fire. During one barrage the sta- 
tion was hit seven times but still withstood the efforts of the enemy to 
destroy it. At night the enemy had direct machine gun fire over our entrance. 
In spite of this almost continuous harassing fire and iDombardment, the 
enemy on no occasion, deliberately fired upon the ambulances even though 
they traveled in plain view of his observation posts. 

The station in Thiaucourt took care of the men in the town of Thaiu- 
court and of any sick or wounded men who came into town. Also from 
there, aid men were sent out to the army line. All evacuations from the 
army line were by litter into Thiaucourt. The town and road to Thiaucourt 
were continually shelled with high explosives and gas, while the army line 
was shelled all day long with scattered shots. This station was maintained 
from September 16 to October 4, 1918. 

When the 2nd Battalion was relieved from the lines September 21, 1918, 
they established an Aid Post in the Euvezin Woods or at Brigade Reserve, 
and acted as aid station and for evacuation of sick. Here there were no 
battle casualties. 

As a result of our Aid Station location, and the men working in them, 
rvn thouih subject to constant shelling and lethal gas, there were evacuated 
591 wounded men and 10 wounded officers, there were tagged one officer and 
103 men killed in action from the 310th Infantry; the number of dead from 
the Sixth Marines tagged is not known and no record was made of the 
number of men evacuated through our collecting and loading station, nor 
was a tabulation made of the number of wounded from other detachments. 
One officer received commendation for his work. One private was granted 
a D. S. C, and the record of another was entered into his recommendation 
for a D. S. C. in conjunction with later work. This decoration has since 
been granted. 

C. W. Vates. 

Captain, Medical Corp. 




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CITATIONS 

and 
AWARDS OF MILITARY DECORATIONS 

(St. Mihiel and the Limey Sector) 



LIMEY SECTOR 97 



G. H. Q. 

AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. 

France, Dec. 26, 1918. 
General Orders 
No. 238. 

It is with soldierly pride that I record in General Orders a tribute to 
the taking of the St. Mihiel salient by the First Army. 

On September 12, 1918, you delivered the first concerted offensive opera- 
tion of the American Expeditionary Forces upon difficult terrain against 
this redoubtable position, immovably held for four years, which crumpled 
before your ably executed advance. Within twenty-four hours of the com- 
mencement of the attack, the salient had ceased to exist and you were threat- 
ening Metz, 

Your divisions, which had never been tried in the exacting conditions of 
major offensive operations, worthily emulated those of more arduous ex- 
perience and earned their right to participate in the more difficult task to 
come. Your staff and auxiliary services, which labored so untiringly and 
so enthusiastically, deserve equal commendation, and we are indebted to the 
willing co-operation of veteran French divisions and of auxiliary units 
which the Allied commands put at our disposal. 

Not only did you straighten a dangerous salient, capture 16,000 prisoners 
and 443 guns, and liberate 240 square miles of French territory, but you 
demonstrated the fitness for battle of a unified American army. 

We appreciate the loyal training and effort of the First Army. In the 
name of our country, I offer our hearty and unmeasured thanks to these 
splendid Americans of the 1st, 4th and 5th Corps and of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 
5th, 26th, 82nd, 89th and 90th Divisions, which were engaged, and of the 
3rd, 35th, 78th, 80th and 91st Divisions, which were in reserve. 

This order will be read to all organizations at the first assembly forma- 
tion after its receipt. 

John J. Pershing, 

General, Commander-in-Chief. 
Official : 

Robert C. Davis, 

Adjutant General. 



98 LIMEY SECTOR 

AWARDS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSSES 

The Commander-in-Chief, American Expeditionary Forces, in 
the name of the President, awarded the Distinguislied Service Cross 
to the following- officers and enlisted men of the 310th Infantry for 
extraordinary heroism in action (Limey Sector) : 

CHAPLAIN JAMES N. KING, 310th Infantry. 

"September 16, 1918, to September 27, 1918. Chaplain 
King gave proof of unhesitating devotion and energy far 
beyond the call of his duty as Battalion Chaplain during the 
entire period of the time that the 310th Infantry occupied the 
line at Thiaucourt. He was continually on the outpost line 
searching for and burying the dead and circulating among the 
men in the trenches. During the period, the line was sub- 
jected to extremely heavy shelling from enemy artillery. The 
shelling did not interfere with his having burial services for 
the dead that were brought to the burial ground which was 
located within the shelled area. His disregard of self was 
so great that it became necessary to send him to the rear for 
rest, but he prevailed upon the Commanding Officer of the 
Hospital to allow 'him to return to the front. 

lie w\as presented with the Distinguished Service Cross, January 
19, 1919, by the Division Commander, Major General James H. 
McRae, at Vic de Chassenay, France. 

SECOND LIEUTENANT DONALD McINTYRE, Company "E," 
310th Infantry. 

"Lieutenant Mclntyre on September 18, 1918, while in the 
outpost line near Thiaucourt, showed extraordinary heroism 
and complete disregard for personal safety in caring for the 
wounded men in his platoon. One of his men being wounded 
and lying in a shell hole in front of the outpost line, Lieutenant 
Mclntyre went through intense enemy artillery barrage, 
dressed the soldier's wounds, and carried him back in safety 
to the trench. His conduct during the entire period in the 
advanced outpost, set a high standard of courage for all." 

He was presented w^ith the Distinguished Service Cross, January 
19, 1919, by the Division Commander, Major General James H. 
McRae, at Vic de Chassenay, France. 



LIMEY SECTOR ^9 

SECOND LIEUTENANT RICHARD B. ROCKWOOD, 310lh 
Infantry, (Deceased). 

"Near Thiaucourt, France, September 26, 1918. Intrusted 
with an important message from the Brigade Commander to 
an Infantry unit, he fearlessly crossed a shell-swept area, 
delivered the message and while returning with reply was 
mortally wounded by a shell fragment. With great effort, 
notwithstanding his wound, he delivered the reply to the 
message and fell unconscious, dying shortly after." 

He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, 
May 5, 1919. The decoration and citation were transmitted to his 
next of kin. 

SERGEANT ROBERT QUIRI, Company "F," 310th Infantry, 
(Deceased). 

"September 18tli, 1918. Sergeant Robert Quiri, while in 
command of half a i)latoon on the extreme right of the bat- 
talion sector, gave proof of extraordinary courage and devo- 
tion to duty by taking out patrols under intense shell and 
machine gun fire, and protecting that flank of the battalion, 
which was left entirely exposed due to the next unit in line 
being delayed in taking over the sector. Again on the suc- 
ceeding day he inspired great confidence and steadiness in his 
men by continually exposing himself to enemy fire in his 
efforts to see to their well being. 

"On September 18, after having both his legs blown off, 
and after receiving other wounds, he set the example of calm- 
ness and courage, hard to duplicate, by refusing to be evacuated 
to dressing station until he had given all information in his 
possession to his second in command. This example of devo- 
tion to duty inspired all, and called for the unlimited admira- 
tion of botii officers and men. Sergeant Quiri died five hours 
later at the Battalion station." 

His citation was read to the assembled regiment, January 19, 
1919, by the Division Commander, Major General James H. ]\IcRae, 
at Vic de Chassenay, TM-ance. The Distinguished Service Cross was 
sent to his mother. 



100 LIMEY SECTOR 

SERGEANT JAMES B. LAWLESS, 310th Infantry. 

"Sergeant Lawless showed extraordinary bravery and 
daring during the withdrawal of his company from a raid in 
the neighborhood of Thiaucourt on the night of September 
22, 1918, the return- of the raiding party being rendered more 
difficult by the fire of several enemy machine guns. Sergeant 
Lawless picked up a rifle and some hand grenades and crawl- 
ing up to the guns, unobserved by the enemy, bayonnetted the 
men at two of them and put the others out of action with the 
grenades, thus saving many lives during the withdrawal of 
the raiders. Sergeant Lawless returned to his company 
unharmed.'' 

His citation was read to the assembled regiment January 19, 1919, 
by the Division Commander, Major General James H. McRae, at 
Vic de Chassenay, France. The Distinguished Service Cross was 
forwarded to Sergeant Lawless. 



PRIVATE FRANCIS A. DUFFY, Sanitary Detachment, 310th 
Infantry. 

"Private Francis A. Duffy, with exceptional courage and 
devotion to duty on the morning of September 21, 1918, while 
attached to Company "M," 310th Infantry, remained in the 
front line trenches in the woods at Thiaucourt, under heavy 
artillery and machine gun fire, and cared for the wounded. 
His absolute disregard of personal danger while administering 
first aid treatment to more than forty wounded and the cheer- 
fulness with which he performed his work, set a fine example 
of loyalty and courage to the men of the command. Again, 
about October 16, 1918, while the troops were advancing 
between St. Juvin and Grand Pre, Private Duffy followed 
immediately behind the first wave, under heavy enemy artillery 
and machine gun fire, caring for the wounded as they fell." 

He was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross, Decem- 
ber 4, 1918, by the Division Commander, Major General James H. 
McRae, at Vic de Chassenay, France. 



LIMEY SECTOR 101 

PRIVATE CHESTER RAY HUFF, Sanitary Detachment, 310th 
Infantry. 

"Private Huff, Medical Detachment, 310th Infantry, dur- 
ing the night of September 17, 1918, gave proof of unhesi- 
tating bravery and devotion to duty in that he left the shelter 
of a trench during severe shell fire, accompanied by Private 
Charles Clifton, to assist in bringing to the aid station Private 
Joseph J. Cook (1757459), Signal Platoon, 310th Infantry, 
and carried the latter to the aid station, a distance of two hun- 
dred and fifty (250) yards. Private Huff again gave proof 
of his devotion on the morning of September 27, 1918, when 
he left the shelter of the dugout and carried Corporal Hel- 
muth (1762146), Intelligence Section, 310th Infantry, from 
a shell hole for a distance of over five hundred (500) yards 
under severe shell fire to the shelter of the aid station. Upon 
repeated other occasions Private Huff gave evidence of per- 
sonal bravery and exceptional adherence to duty in spite of 
fatigue and danger." 

His citation was read to the assembled regiment January 19, 1919, 
by the Division Commander, Major General James H. McRae, at 
Vic de Chassenay, France. The Distinguished Service Cross was 
forwarded to Private Huff. 



102 LIMEY SECTOR 

CITATIONS PUBLISHED IN GENERAL ORDERS 

HEADQUARTERS 78TH DIVISION 

OF OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE 

310TH INFANTRY 

SECOND LIEUTENANT RICHARD B. ROCKWOOD, 310th 
Infantry, 155th Brigade Headquarters. 

''During a very heavy bombardment of the 155th Brigade 
P.C., on September 26, 1918, at Thiaucourt, France, it was 
found necessary to send a message of great importance to the 
Regimental Commander, 310th Infantry, and the mission was 
intrusted to this officer. Making his way through the bom- 
bardment, he delivered the message and was given an answer 
which it was essential that the Brigade Commander should 
get quickly. Boldly through the storm of hostile shells he 
started ; was hit by a shell fragment and fatally wounded. He 
was carried to the dressing station, and regaining consciousness 
for a moment, with almost superhuman effort he raised him- 
self and told the Medical Officer his message, repeating it 
again and again until certain it was understood. After being 
certain that the message would reach the Brigade Commander, 
he lapsed into unconsciousness and died shortly afterwards." 

This citation was published in General Orders, No. 11, Flead- 
quarters 78th Division, May 10, 1919. 



SERGEANT ARTHUR C. MILLER, Machine Gun Company, 
310th Infantry. 

"Sergeant Miller, on September 19, 1918, in the Bois 
d'Heiche, showed extreme coolness and bravery. After being 
knocked unconscious by the explosion of an enemy sliell in a 
concentrated enemy fire on the corner of the woods in wliich 
the animals of the Company Transport were picketed, upon 
recovering consciousness, he collected two men from his dis- 
persed detachment and with their assistance, under dangerous 



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103 



exposure to flying shrapnel, led all of his animals to a place 
of safety." 

This citation was published in General Orders, No. 11, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, May 10, 1919. 

SERGEANT ALAN F. ARNOLD, Regimental Intelligence Sec- 
tion, 310th Infantry. 

"Sergeant Arnold, on the night of September 22, 1918, 
during a raid on Mon Plaisir Ferme, established an observa- 
tion post on a hilltop nearby. AVith absolute disregard of 
personal safety he maintained his position throughout the night 
although he was subject to intense enemy artillery fire and 
was totally without cover. Several times he personally 
repaired the telephone lines which had been cut by shell fire." 

This citation was published in General Orders, No. 6, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, March 17, 1919. 




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104 



LIMEY SECTOR 



CORPORAL GEORGE AMLING, Machine Gun Company, 310th 
Infantry. 

"Corporal Amhng, on September 22, 1918, at the Bois 
de la Montagne, near Thiaucourt, displayed great coolness and 
endurance under heavy enemy fire when his platoon was 
ordered 'over the top' in a night attack, by carrying the tripod 
of his gun for more than a mile and into the enemy lines where 
he mounted his gun. Although hindered by three stoppages 
of firing, he coolly remedied the defects and succeeded in 
destroying two enemy positions by his fire. The objective of 
the night attack having been attained, he brought his gun back 
safely to our lines." 

This citation was published in General Orders, No. 11, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, May 10, 1919. 




GERMAN TRENCH AFTER BOMBARDMENT 



LIMEY SECTOR 105 

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EARL R. SINER, Company "G," 
310th Infantry. (Deceased.) 

"Private Siner gave proof of courage of a very high order 
while his company was on outpost duty near Thiaucourt, 
France. Under a heavy enemy artillery fire, he crawled from 
his trench to give first aid to a wounded comrade and to assist 
him to return, but was instantly killed, just as he had reached 
the wounded man, by concussion from the explosion of a high 
explosive shell." 

This citation was published in General Orders, No. 6, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, March 17, 1919. 



PRIVATE FIRST CLASS CHESTER F. STRAW, Machine Gun 
Company, 310th Infantry. 

''Private Straw, while in charge of a ration transport party, 
bringing rations to his company in Thiaucourt, on or about 
September 28, 1918, while the town was being subjected to 
heavy enemy shelling with high explosives and gas, at great 
risk to himself gave first aid to one of his drivers who was 
wounded and carried him to a first aid station. He immedi- 
ately returned to the transport, and though shelling continued, 
sought and collected the remainder of his ration party which 
had dispersed to shelter and continued with his mission." 

This citation was published in General Orders, No. 6, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, March 17, 1919. 



PART IV 

THE MARCH TO THE ARGONNE 

October 5 to October 15, 1918 

THIAUCOURT TO THE AIRE RIVER 



•THE MARCH TO THE ARGONNE 
October 5 to October 15, 1918 

Rumors of the progress of the attack of the First American Army 
in the Argonne, had reached us from time to time. However we 
had been too busy attending to our own job to grasp the full sig- 
nificance of the action. When we left Thiaucourt, we took it for 
granted we were going back to rest and refit. We had felt the lack 
of three meals a day, and a bath was an unknown luxury; none 
dreamed that the Argonne, seemingly so far distant, was our ultimate 
destination; least of all that we were to proceed ''without delay" via 
the *'Hob-Nail" Express. 

Our orders for October 5th directed the Second and Third Bat- 
talions to proceed to the Bois d'Euvisin where the regiment was to 
assemble with the band and transport. From this point we were 
required to reach the Foret de la Reine, a march of 22 kilometers, 
before daylight ; but with the proviso, if delayed, to halt under cover 
of the nearest woods. 

Due to the slowness of the relief north of Thiaucourt dawn had 
come when the rear battalion, the Second, reached the assembly. The 
morning, however, was cloudy with a heavy fog, and the Colonel 
decided to continue the march. Consequently only a brief halt and 
no food interrupted our journey southward through the ruins of 
Limey, along the main road to Flirey, and on into Mandres. Here 
for the first time we saw the country we had crossed on our forced 
night march into St. Mihiel. 

The French had carefully prepared Mandres for defense, by con- 
structing machine gun positions in all cellars. The country itself 
had been transformed into a desolate waste cut by intricate trench 
systems, and choked with rusted barb wire entanglements. Buildings 
had been reduced to shapeless piles of masonry, and the trees had been 
so cut with shell fire that nothing remained but charred stumps rising 
above the lifeless fields. 

The Bois de la Reine, which was the assembling point for the 

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no THE MARCH TO THE ARGONNE 

entire division, did not differ greatly from the numerous other "Bois" 
that had afforded us sheher. The First BattaHon which had pre- 
ceded us as part of the Brigade Reserve, was well rested, but the 
others, particularly the Second, were fagged out and promptly took 
advantage of the opportunity for rest. Rations arrived shortly, and 
the rolling kitchens served the first hot food in more than twenty- 
four hours. 

The never ceasing vigilence and excitement of the Limey Sector 
was ended. The relief, which had been so long drawn out, com- 
bined with the twelve mile hike, was a sleeping potion that was irre- 
sistable. Once more we looked for a rest. 

Luck was not with us. Orders for the continuation of the march 
arrived at midnight. Tents were struck and the inevitable pack- 
harnesses adjusted. At one-thirty the centipede scrambled to its feet 
and moved to the road eastward. The hours rolled slowly by. 

For once daylight brought no rain — an incident that never before 
had occurred during our months of experience. The roads along 
which we moved were decorated with huge camouflaged screens — 
thousands of them stretching mile after mile ; at intervals we tripped 
over light railway tracks — seemingly placed for the sole purpose of 
hindering our progress. Up and down hills that might have been 
mountains, over roads worthless as trails, through forest that had 
been stripped of every sign of life, and past ruins that evidently had 
been towns, we tramped yard by yard, wondering what particular 
spot in that wasted country was designated for the 310th. 

Through Raulecourt and Gironville the column crawled ; Pont-sur- 
^leuse drifted by. The men were marching on their nerve alone, 
their legs moving without sensation. But there was never a word of 
complaint or dissension. Kilometer followed kilometer, step by step, 
until at 9 :30 in the morning we arrived at Mecrim, having marched 
forty-nine kilometers since leaving the Thiaucourt sector twenty-nine 
hours before. 

A hillside field afforded a place to rest while the rolling kitchens 
prepared meals. 

The halt was a brief one. At 2 :00 P. M. preparations for the 
continuation of the march were made, but the start was delayed by 
the 156th Brigade which blocked the road through Sampigny and 
Menil. Once the road was clear, the same old story of up hill and 
down was repeated throughout an uncomfortably warm afternoon, 
followed by a rainy night. 



THE MARCH TO THE ARGONNE 111 

There eould be no halt for supper, so bully-beef and hard bread 
were consumed on the march. At 7:00 P. M. word came back that 
we had another "four kilometers" to go. Eight o'clock, nine o'clock, 
at last ten o'clock came, and the "four kilometers" were still ahead 
of us. Evidently we were holding our own. 

Past midnight, pitch dark and raining hard, the halt order finally 
reached us and we turned out to bivouac in the fields surrounding 
Nicey, near Pierrefitte on the Aire. Too tired to pitch shelter tents, 
many of the men fell asleep on the water-soaked ground without 
cover in spite of the rain. Nothing else mattered as long as sleep 
was possible. By morning the fields were a quagmire, but we were 
used to this condition in France. It was a part of "civilized" 
warfare. 

While the men slept, the cooks were routed out, and by daylight 
breakfast was ready. All honor to those same cooks ! They marched 
with the men, shouldering their own packs, but when the men 
rested, their work began. They had been shelled and gassed in 
Thiaucourt, working at all hours, any hours. They had snatched 
sleep when they could, and if they could; they had taken what rations 
were delivered and done the best they knew how to make them 
palatable. And now after the longest hike the regiment had yet made, 
they jumped to give the men something in the way of a hot meal. 

For that day, French camions had been provided — the same 
limousines piloted by those same "China-Boys" that had carried us 
forward towards St. Mihiel. Introductions were therefore not 
necessary. 

Although we had been awakened at daybreak, not until past nine 
did w^e move. The pleasure of riding in a truck, even if the interior 
did resemble a tin of sardines minus the oil, was a relief from the 
interminable hiking in the mud and rain of the last two days. The 
rumble and clatter of the wheels fell as music on our ears as the 
hours passed by. The roads over which we travelled were choked 
with vehicles of all kinds carrying munitions and equipment forward, 
and returning with the w^ounded. Plainly we were drawing nearer 
the front with every turn of the motor. 

Our route led from Nicey down the Aire Valley through Pierre- 
fitte, Chaumont-sur-Aire, and Fleury. At Rarecourt, the column 
turned eastward into a narrow road, rolled along for several kilos 
and came to a suddent halt in the open country. 

And now arose a heated argument. Instructions issued to the 



112 THE MARCH TO THE ARGONNE 

French Officer in command of the truck train did not at all agree 
with the march orders issued by Division. These had assigned a site 
for our use in the Argonne, some four kilometers west of Rarecourt. 
Argument accomplished nothing, and we were obliged to debus, 
resume our packs, and march back through Rarecourt to a former 
French camp seven kilometers distant. Here, frame barracks with 
rain-proof roofs and plank flooring afforded shelter and a pleasant 
variation from the usual wet ground and pup-tent. 

Once again we pried loose the mud from our clothing, and tried 
to put our equipment in order. Best of all, perhaps, baths were 
available, and an issue of renovated underclothing was drawn and 
distributed by our ever- watchful supply officer. 

After two full days of rest, came the warning order for another 
move to be made immediately. Meanwhile the rain-soaked forest 
roads were deep in mud and were hourly becoming worse due to the 
constant truck traffic. At 1 :30 P. M., October 10th, the regiment 
joined the passing columns of ammunition and ambulances and set 
out for La Chalade. The march proved a six-hour struggle through 
Les Islettes and Le Claon, where we were ordered to bivouac for the 
night. 

Soon the camp presented an appearance not unlike Coney Island 
on Fourth of July. Fires and candles burned cheerfully in the 
darkness illuminating the hillside where the cookers formed a battery 
of radiant splendor, fringing the edge of the woods. Gone were the 
regulations requiring no lights and no cooked food. It was evident 
we were on a picnic. 

But the Boche considered otherwise. From afar came that 
familiar pulsing drone that had hovered over us back in the British 
sector — now louder, now fainter, as the wind shifted. Suddenly the 
stillness was shattered by a crash, followed quickly by another — 
startling, terrific explosions. Quickly enough we realized that our 
carelessness had attracted a Hun bomber. Lights disappeared as if 
extinguished by the breath of a giant. Fortunately two horses and 
the Colonel's supper were the only casualties reported; and in spite 
of our natural supposition that Jerry would return with another load 
of "eggs," the night passed peacefully, broken only by the occasional 
shouting of a sentry, 'Tut out that light . . .", whenever any- 
one transgressed by lighting a cigarette. 

At 7:00 A. M. on the morning of the 11th, the regiment moved 
northward down the valley of the Biesme River, through a desolate, 



THE MARCH TO THE ARGONNE 113 

battle-scarred country, via the Foret de Paris. This particular part 
of the country proved a treat to our French Interpreter, "Charley" 
Abelard, for it was in this section that he had operated with his regi- 
ment, and had himself seen the land laid waste by the Boche artillery. 

The northward movement of American artillery carriages and 
transport had long since ruined the roads ; corduroy repairs had been 
ground to a pulp and in the black mire of the forest, the difficulties 
of our transport were great. 

At Le Four de Paris, we turned northeast into the depths of the 
Argonne through a section traversed by an elaborate German trench 
system which showed unmistakable signs of the enemy's recent forced 
evacuation. Here, about four kilometers wxst of Varennes, we con- 
cealed ourselves for another rainy night. Needless to sa}^ no Hun 
planes were attracted to our bivouac, by any indiscriminate use of 
lights. That one experience had established a rule thereafter 
inviolate, forbidding even a smoke after dark and requiring the 
kitchens to operate only during daylight hours. Jerry had again 
put us on a cold diet. 

Another uneventful night and a day spent cheerfully w^allowing 
along muddy roads, found us on the afternoon of the 12th, located 
at La Viergette crossroads — a wilderness of forest-tangled under- 
brush and abandoned German trenches. 

Here for three days we remained alert, ready to move instantly, 
and once again under long range enemy artillery fire. Officially we 
were the reserve of the First Corps. Considerable policing was 
necessary to remove traces of the enemy's recent occupation, and to 
make the place inhabitable. Huns who had unquestionably been dead 
for days, decorated the forest indiscriminately. Abandoned artillery 
ammunition of every calibre and variety, "potato mashers" by the 
hundreds, and Boche machine gun belts by the score were scattered 
everywhere. We acquired a light military railroad with rolling stock ; 
and no end of German horses, wagons and other property. These 
playthings, together with the inevitable job of cleaning clothing and 
equipment, provided ample occupation for all hands. 

On the following day, Division orders sent the Colonel north 
on a personal reconnaisance of the crossings of the Aire River. The 
day w^as Friday, the thirteenth — always a lucky combination for the 
310th. The trip was necessary because exact information of the 
positions of our front line troops was lacking. The Colonel's battle- 
scarred Dodge passed through Chatel-Cheberry without incident and 



THE MARCH T() THE ARGONNE 115 

continued north to the Fieville crossing. Here the engineers were 
rebuilding a bridge which had been destroyed, while the Hun played 
a tune with machine guns located not far away to the north. 

Other bridges elsewhere were found in the bottom of the river, 
as at St. Juvin for example. Northwest of Cornay, a Captain of the 
77th Division saved the Colonel from attempting to proceed beyond 
the advanced machine gun positions under control of that officer. 
The ensuing reconnoissance was completed on foot, the Dodge being 
impractical for cross-country siglitseeing under fire. 

The front Hne was then northeast of Marcq, and from the slopes 
of the bluffs south of the Aire River, the Colonel had a panoramic 
view of the terrain across the river to the north. Our shells were 
breaking in St. Juvin, Champigneulles, and Chevjeres. Evidently 
here was to be the next scene of the regiment's activity. 

Again, on October 14th, a similar reconnaisance was ordered 
across the Aire River to Eclisfontaine, a little hamlet in the hills some 
six kilometers east and slightly north of Apremont. The congestion 
of traffic on the bridge at Apremont and along the main valley road 
southward, was extreme. Between Apremont and Eclisfontaine, 
French heavy artillery was firing to the north, and other guns were 
being put into firing position. German planes were numerous until 
about sunset, when we had the pleasure of watching a squadron of 
Boche driven back by our Archies. It was a cheerful sight to see 
the countless white puffs of the bursting shrapnel. 

Replacements for the regiment, badly needed to fill up the depleted 
companies, arrived at La Viergette at dusk, October 14th; v345 of 
them, fine upstanding fellows from the 86th Division. Needless to 
say we were j^lad to see them. They were quickly assigned to the 
companies and that night and the day following they were given such 
training in attack deployment, as was possible in the tangled 
underbrush. 

On tlie same afternoon the aviation section came near enough to 
our war to give a much needed lesson in the method of communica- 
tion between infantry and aircraft. Otherwise, continuous police 
of clothing and equipment proceeded without interruption. The mud 
we had always with us. 

On the morning of October 15th, Brigade Headquarters directed 
the Colonel to arrange with the Commanding Officer of the 306th 
for the relief of that regiment the same night. At that conference it 
was arranged that the 310th should proceed after dark from La 



116 THE MARCH TO THE ARGONNE 

ROSTER OF OFFICERS IN THE REGIMENT 

AT THE TAKING OVER THE FRONT LINE SECTOR AT 

ST. JUVIN, OCTOBER 16th, 1918. 

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS 

Colonel Walter C. Babcock Commanding Regiment 

Lieut. Colonel Victor S. Foster Second in Command 

Captain Herbert N. Vanderwerker Regimental Adjutant 

Major John J. Goodwill Regimental Surgeon 

Captain Roy B. Thompson Regimental Oiperations Otficer 

Captain Earle B. Dane Personnel Adjutant 

1st Lieut. Edwin W, Leary Regimental Gas Officer 

1st Lieut. Raymond L. Thompson Regimental Intelligence Officer 

1st Lieut. Charles T. Crouch Regimental Liaison Officer 

1st Lieut. John M. Bentley Dental Corps 

2nd Lieut. Clement C. Beuchat Regimental Billeting Officer 

2nd Lieut. Joseph C. Donoghue Regimental Munition Officer 

2nd Lieut. Frank W. Donnelly Regimental Transport Officer 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY. MACHINE GUN COMPANY. 

Captain Harold D. Dyke. 1st Lieut. Chandler S. Knight. 

1st Lieut. Gerald M. Morgan. 1st Lieut. John C. Case, 

1st Lieut. Edward P. Hylant, Jr. 2nd Lieut. Avra M, Warren. 

2nd Lieut. Charles J. Piester. 2nd Lieut. Charles R. Irwin. 

2nd Lieut. Bernard A. Flynn. 

SUPPLY COMPANY. 

Captain Lawrence Emmerton, Regimental Supply Officer. 

1st Lieut. Samuel N. Bacon, 1st Battalion Supply Officer. 

1st Lieut. Dudley G. Lester, 3rd Battalion Supply Officer. 

2nd Lieut. Newell E. Beers, 1st Battalion Transport Officer. 

HEADQUARTERS FIRST BATTALION. 

Major Arthur C. Judd (Detached Service at Army School of the Line). 

1st Lieut. Milton K. Robinson, Battalion Adjutant. 

Captain Charles W. Vates, Battalion Surgeon. 

1st Lieut. Samuel N. Bacon, Battalion Supply Officer. 

2nd Lieut. Earle S. Rockefeller, Battalion Gas Officer. 

2nd Lieut. Warren G. Willsey, Battalion Intelligence Officer. 

2nd Lieut. Newell E. Beers, Battalion Transport Officer. 

COMPANY A. COMPANY C. 

Captain Ludlow E. Bretz, 2nd Lieut. Samuel J. Scruggs. 

Commanding 1st Battalion. 2nd Lieut. Morrell A. Smith 

^';, V- "/; ^1^^^'^ F^ O'Connor. COMPANY D. 

2nl Lieut. Herman C. Greene. r-^ 4. • r n -mt a 

Captam Lawrence G. Meads. 

COMPANY B. 1st Lieut. Walter A. Hamilton. 

Captain Frederick W. Busk. 2nd Lieut. Louis N. Brockway. 

1st Lieut. William Kulka. 

1st Lieut. Murray L. Jones. 



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HEADQUARTERS SECOND BATTALION. 

Major Edwin A. Volz, Commanding Battalion. 

1st Lieut. Charles Douglass, Battalion Adjutant. * 

Captain George C. Robertson, Battalion Surgeon. 

2nd Lieut. H. J. C. Rogers, Battalion Transport Officer. 

2nd Lieut. Kenneth F. Cramer, Battalion Intelligence Officer. 

2nd Lieut. Harold P. Dahlquist, Battalion Supply Officer. 

Chaplain Daniel J. Lynch, Battalion Chaplain. 



COMPANY E. 
Captain William J. Garnache. 
2nd Lieut. Donald R. Mclntyre. 

COMPANY F. 
Captain Foster J. Ambler. 
1st Lieut. Gordon Hoge. 
1st Lieut. Charles O. Locke. 
2nd Lieut. Albert A. Marquardt. 



COMPANY G. 
2nd Lieut. William A. Kampf. 
2nd Lieut. Matthew E. Conklin. 
2nd Lieut. Arthur E. Blodgett. 

COMPANY H. 
Captain Sterling Gait, Jr. 
1st Lieut. Kenneth M. Doly. 
1st Lieut. Robert J. Phulps. 
2nd Lieut. Forrest A. Smith. 



HEADQUARTERS THIRD BATTALION. 

Major George A. Lynch (Detached Service at Army School of the Line), 

1st Lieut. Richard B. O'Connor, Battalion Adjutant. 

1st Lieut. John B. McMillan, Battalion Intelligence Officer. 

1st Lieut. Dudley G. Lester, Battalion Supply Officer. 

2nd Lieut. Harry J. Sargent, Battalion Transport Officer. 

Chaplain James N. King, Battalion Chaplain. 

1st Lieut. Dennis B. Jarrell, Battalion Surgeon. 



COMPANY I. 

Captain Courtney C. Crozier, 

Commanding 3i'd Battalion. 

1st Lieut. Gerald T. Hills. 

1st Lieut. Shelton B. Goodrich. 

2nd Lieut. B. J. Haley. 

COMPANY K. 
Captain Harold W. Snell. 
1st Lieut. Walter E. Donohue. 
2nd Lieut. Augustus C. Wallace. 



COMPANY L. 
Captain Lee W. Card. 
1st Lieut. Thomas S. Garrett. 
2nd Lieut. Homer A. Phillips. 

COMPANY M. 
Captain Wood L. Ray. 
1st Lieut. Edwin F. Korkus. 
1st Lieut. L-\ing E. Goldsmith. 
2nd Lieut. Ralph A. Freel. 




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Viergette via tlie Cornay-Fleville Road to the position held hy the 
306th. north of the Aire River. Guides, one for each |)latoon, were 
to he furnished to meet our eonipanies at Fleville and from there 
conduct them into the sector. A special guide was to meet the 
Colonel at Pylone crossroads, and conduct him to the 306th P.C. 
400 yards north. 

Upon returning to La Viergette at 5 :30 P. M. however the 
Colonel found a superseding order from Brigade directing the relief 
to be made through Drachen to Pylone, instead of via the Cornay- 
Fleville Road. 

At 7 :00 P. M. therefore the regiment moved towards Drachen, 
leaving the Supply Company, the Band, and the clerical force of the 
Personnel OfTfice at La Viergette. The Third Battalion which was 
designated to take over the front line, was in the lead, followed in 
order by the Second Battalion, Regimental Machine Gun Company, 
Headquarters Company, First Battalion, and, bringing up in the rear, 
Capt. Rea's Company of the 308th Machine Gun Battalion. 



PART V 

THE MEUSE— ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

First Phase 

October 16 to October 31, 1918 

ST. JUVIN— GRAND-PRE ROAD 

THE BOIS DES LOGES 



THE MEUSE— ARGONNE OFFENSIVE' 

First Phase 
October 16 to October 31, 1918 

The drizzle which had been falHng since about 4 :00 P. M. showed 
no inchnation to abate, as the regiment moved along the shell-torn 
forest road, now ankle deep in mud. Aside from the rattle and 
clatter of the machine gun carts, nothing was to be heard for minutes 
at a time. Occasionally the bursting of a shell would break the 
silence, followed by some scornful epithet from a '"buck" which 
invariably brought forth a laugh. 

Marching under heavily loaded packs in the rain and mud, could 
never break the spirit of the men. Besides, our "veterans" must 
show the new rookies what real soldiering was. 

Nine-thirty o'clock found the head of the column at Pylone cross- 
roads. One lone guide, detailed to conduct the Colonel to his P.C., 
jumped up from the bushes and reported. Of platoon guides there 
were none. The arrangements made by the tvv'o colonels for the 
relief had been carried out, and the guides were at Fleville, several 
miles away. 

Finally two men were discovered who could, they thought, con- 
duct the column over a narrow foot-trail almost knee deep in mud, 
across the Aire River and on to the front lines. It proved the only 
solution, and the First Battalion turned west and marched to La 
Besogne as Brigade Reserve. 

There were still four kilometers for the other battalions to go to 
the lines in and east of St. Juvin; and the colunm could proceed in 
single file only. In places the trail widened sufficiently so that the 
forward troops advanced too rapidly, thus breaking the long thin 
column and leaving the rear companies to struggle along without 
guides or even a knowledge of their destination. Before the end of 
the column passed Pylone, five and a half hours had elapsed. 

Meanwhile temporary Regimental Headquarters had been estab- 
lished at the P.C. of the 306th, where at 3 :?>0 A. M. on the morning 

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of the 16th, orders were received to attack in a northwesterly direc- 
tion, with the northern edge of the Bois des Loges as an objective, 
The 309th Infantry, which had moved into its position via Fleville, 
was to attack simultaneously on our right, while the 156th Infantry 
Brigade was to advance on our left. 

We were going into action without information of the front ; 
on an ink-black night too dark to see the terrain ; without time for 
reconnaisance ; when it was certain that the relief could not be com- 
pleted by the time the attack was ordered to begin. Supposedly, 
wars are not waged this way. But we had our orders and the Colo- 
nel intended to see them through, to the best of his ability. 

Grey dawn found the Third Battalion still south of the Aire River 
in charge of a guide who knew nothing of the river crossings. The 
guide of the Second Battalion had also lost his way and had become 
stranded on the outskirts of Marcq. Six o'clock came, and with it, 
broad daylight. 

It was the hour scheduled for the attack. Theoretically we were 
a kilometer or more to the north, in the jumping-off position, with 
the relief completed hours before. 

By this time, the Third Battalion had succeeded in putting two 
companies across the Aire River, and the other two promptly fol- 
lowed and at 8 :30 A. M. the relief of the 306th was finally effected. 
The Second Battalion, which was ordered to support the Third in 
the "attack," crossed the river over a narrow foot-bridge and reached 
St. Juvin about 10:30 A. M. 

Meanwhile the fog, which had hung heavy and low all morning, 
suddenly lifted, so that the crossing of the Second Battalion was 
made under the observation and fire of the enemy. All went well, 
however, until the rear unit. Company "H," was actually on the 
bridge, when casualties from the Boche artillery were heavy. 

The Machine Gun Company followed the Second Battalion and 
by noon all were under cover in St. Juvin and the east thereof. 

Regimental Headquarters was now established in an observation 
station of the 306th Infantry, which had been located on the ridge 
a few hundred meters northeast of Marcq. The post was imder 
direct observation and fire, but from it the entire terrain to the north 
and northwest was visible. 

From the P.C., the ground fell steeply to the broad soggy flats of 
the Aire. Across the flats in the shadow of Hill 182 stood the town of 
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to the river ran the Fleville-St. Juvin-Grandpre Road. Half a kilo- 
meter west of St. Juvin was the ravine of the Agron River. To the 
northwest, the ground rose abruptly about 60 meters, and then sloped 
gently to a distant patch of woods. 

Of these woods we had much to learn. The patcli was irregularly 
shaped, possibly a square kilometer in extent, and was flanked on the 
east by the town of Champigneulle and on the west by the Ferme 
des Loges — both places being Boche strong points. Except for the 
ravine of the Agron River and a small patch of brush bordering the 
St. Juvin-Grandpre Road just south of the Bois des Loges, the coun- 
try was devoid of cover. The northern edge of these woods had been 
the Regimental objective called for in the attack we had been sup- 
posed to start at 6:00 A. M. 

The 309th Infantry, on our right, had gone into the line by way of 
the Fleville Road, had accomplished its relief, and had started its 
attack promptly at 6:00 A. M. Its zone of advance included 
Champigneulle. Our own dispositions were not completed until after 
1 :00 P. M. To our left, the 156th Brigade was likewise delayed in 
taking over its sector, and at 2 :00 P. M. when we finally started the 
attack, no combat liaison had been established north of the Aire with 
the 311th. 

Our attack jumped off from the edge of St. Juvin, on a front of 
600 meters, the axis of the attack being the southeast corner of the 
Bois des Loges. The Third Battalion, in two waves, commanded by 
Captain C. C. Crozier, constituted the attacking line, supported by 
the Second Battalion, under Major E. A. Volz, and the Machine Gun 
Company. At 1 :45 P. M. when all troops were in position, they 
were subjected to an intense artillery and machine gun fire — ^the 
latter from the northwest, and a point a kilometer to the west, known 
as Hill 166. Our casualties had begun. 

At zero hour, the attacking units moved forward, crossing the 
open fields in short rushes, and maintaining a magnificent formation 
in spite of the increasing enemy fire. For two kilometers the lines 
advanced under a continuous long range machine gun fire, losing 
men killed and wounded every few yards. Automatically, the men 
spread out to fill the gaps left by their comrades who fell. Down 
into the ravine of the Agron River they went, and up the forward 
slopes. On the higher ground the enemy artillery increased almost 
to a barrage. For minutes at a time, the front lines were hidden by 
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Who that went through that first advance on the Bois des Leges, 
will ever forget it ? To attempt to describe the countless feats of 
heroism performed in the natural order of events, is utterly impos- 
sible. You of the Second Battalion remember ''Matt" Conklin wad- 
ing the Agron with a hole in his leg, and refusing to be evacuated ; 
and the Third Battalion won't forget Lester and 'TIarry" Sargent 
who had no business with the assault waves at all, following the 
fight through, caring for the wounded, and when the line finally dug 
in, bringing up the transport and welcome rations. Corporal \Vhite- 
head of the Machine Gun Company, took over his platoon and led 
it forward under concentrated artillery and machine gun fire; and 
Lieutenant Flynn of that company fought with the same determina- 
tion and devotion to duty. 

Flynn had rushed forward alone under heavy fire, and was 
attempting to set up his gun, when he was hit by shell fragments and 
severely wounded. After applying first aid to himself, he again 
attempted to set up the gun. assisted by two men of his platoon who 
liad just joined him. Once more, before the gun could be set up, a 
shell burst, again wounding Flynn, and also the two men who were 
with him. He dressed the wounds of his men, took care of himself, 
and once more attempted to get his gun into action. 

The 310th was learning how to fight. 

Slowly the advance continued over the flat, open ground, until 
dark when the objective was reached, Boche H.E., gas and machine 
guns holding their fire on the advancing regiment, wdiich was to 
suft'er its heaviest casualties of the war : fifteen killed, six officers and 
one hundred and thirty-nine enlisted men wounded, and three officers 
and sixty-two men gassed for the twenty-four hours ending at mid- 
night, October 16th. 

:\Ieanwhile the 309th Infantry, which had advanced towards 
Champigneulle. had encountered heavy machine gun fire from the 
edges of that town, and after reaching the outskirts, had withdrawn 
to a ravine some four hundred yards south of the town. Conse- 
quently, when the 310th reached its objective, the regiment was under 
fire not only from the front, but also from Champignuelle at its 
right rear. 

Both flanks being now under fire, the line was withdrawal after 
dark, to a shallow ravine a few hundred meters to the southeast of 
the woods.^ Here the Third Battalion reformed and held on through- 
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Second Battalion was in support along the St. Juvin-Grandpre Road, 
while Companies "D" and "A" of the First Battalion were moving 
up to form the assault units for the attack scheduled the next day. 

Evidently we were in the war to stay. 

The attack ordered resumed on the 17th, was later modified so 
as to shift the regimental sector to the west, with the dividing line 
between the 309th and 310th running north and south through the 
center of the Bois des Loges. The order for the change in the sector 
had not reached the assaulting troops at 6:00 A. M., and the attack 
was resumed at that hour, against the southeast corner of the woods. 

The advance was made with Companies "A" and "D," com- 
manded by Captain Bretz, forming the first line, with Companies 
"M," **L," and 'T," commanded by Major Crozier in support. "K" 
Company was in reserve. The Second Battalion formed the Regi- 
mental Reserve, and at 10:00 A. M. were ordered to follow the 
attacking troops, their objective being a line about a kilometer north 
of the Aire. 

Up the gentle slope, in a storm of machine gun, H. E.s and gas, 
the men advanced. For once the rain was in our favor, for the 
ground being soft and spongy, many of the shells failed to explode. 
The line reached and penetrated the woods, and carried on to a point 
some 400 meters from the edge, where progress for a time was 
stopped by a cordon of machine guns placing interlocking bands of 
fire across our front. 

In an attempt to outflank these guns on the right, "M" Company, 
under Captain Ray, outran them, and in so doing became cut off from 
the rest of his Battalion. The Company continued to advance and 
soon encountered an enemy skirmish line which in turn outflanked 
"M" on each side. 

Scouts sent out in advance of the company, to reconnoitre, failed 
to return. Captain Ray fully realized his predicament, and despite 
the fact that he was surrounded on three sides, succeeded in inflicting 
heavy casualties on the Boche, and capturing two of them. He then 
forced his prisoners to guide his men through the woods, and reached 
our lines with the loss of two men only wounded. 

Companies "A" and "D" were now in position on the east and 
west road through the southern half of the Bois des Loges. During 
the night of October 17th-18th, the Third Battalion, having suffered 
one hundred and ninety casualties during the preceding thirty-six 
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134 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

"C" joined the First. Tiie Second, with ninety-nine casualties, was 
now in support of the First. 

Continuous gas shelling throughout the relief and during the 
remainder of the night had produced a high concentration in the 
woods, and caused many casualties. The aid stations in St. Juvin 
were filled to overflowing — not only with our own troo])S, but with 
casualties from the 309th. and tlie adjoining 80th Division. Caj^tain 
V^ates, now acting Regimental Surgeon, was as usual working 
untiringly. 

The First Battalion was far from fresh. Com])anies "A" and 
"D" had already formed the assault units for the Third Battalion, 
while "B" and "C" combined under command of Captain Busk had 
i)een ordered to report to the CO. 309th Infantry, just east of St. 
Juvin. This was done and both companies were attached to the 
Second Battalion, 309th Infantry, Captain Jones commanding, then 
in position on the crest of the hill northwest of St. Juvin. Here the 
command waited all day under heavy shell fire to go over the top 
"wlienever the division to the right should arrive abreast." The 
XOth did not ''arrive" and at 8:00 P. M. the companies rejoined their 
battalion. Total casualties amounted to thirty-two. 

Of food there was none. The inevitable reserve rations had pro- 
vided the only nourishment available. The men were dirty, tired 
and hungry. They had seen their comrades killed and wounded and 
gassed ; but there was no thought of discouragement. Orders from 
(\)rps had announced that the Bois des Loges was the key to the 
whole American attack, and must be cleaned out regardless of cost. 
The 310th proposed to do it. 

At midnight of the 17th, "B" and "D" Com])anies of the First, 
received orders to attack, their objective being a line abreast of, and 
immediately to the west of the northwestern edge of the Bois des 
Loges. Here they were to dig in and hold on until Companies "A" 
and "C attacking through the woods on their right, came up abreast 
of them. 

The advance by "B" and "D" was made at 1 :30 A. :M. and due 
to the darkness and the nature of the advance (by infiltration), the 
objective w^as reached with little or no resistance. 

"D" Company took its position along the top of the ridge, with 
"B" in support, part way up the southern slope. At dayhght, when 
the Boche discovered what had taken place, he immediately subjected 
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derous machine gun fire from the north and northeast, and from 
Belle joyeuse Eerme to the west and shghtly to the rear. 

The counter-attack was repulsed with losses to the enemy, but 
only after both companies had suffered severely themselves. For- 
tunately at this juncture, two platoons of ''H" Company reported to 
''B" Company in support; and here the men remained all day, con- 
tinuously subjected to sniping and machine gun fire from the front 
and left flank. Due to the close proximity of the Hun, it was 
absolutely impossible to move about, and the wounded were forced to 
wait the coming of darkness before any attempt at evacuation could 
be made. 

When the two platoons of Company 'TI" went forward to rein- 
force "B," they found Captain Busk of that company in the midst 
of many wounded, the result of the counter-attack which had just 
been repulsed. Captain Busk had established a temporary dressing 
station and while under shell and machine gun fire was personally 
dressing the wounded and giving them every medical attention that 
was possible under the circumstances. His coolness and bravery gave 
his men a very necessary encouragement, and was an inspiration 
to all. 

The advance of Companies "A" and ''C" on the right was. how- 
ever, nowhere near so successful. It was necessary to press through 
dense underbrush, carefully avoiding the open trails, all of which 
were enfiladed by Hun machine gun nests. Alternate gullies and 
ridges extended east and west through the woods, and when daylight 
came, the Boche had to be driven back, ridge by ridge. During the 
morning, the companies penetrated to within 250 meters of the 
northern edge of the woods. There desperate fighting continued 
all day. 

Enemy counter-attacks, launched at intervals, prevented further 
progress, and finally, their officers all gone, the mere handful of 
men remaining were rallied by Captain Remington of the 309th Inf.. 
and withdrew to the east and west road. 

Captain Bretz, commanding the Battalion, had already become a 
casualty, having received a fragment of shell from a direct hit when 
moving forward his P.C. Runners had repeatedly attempted to 
communicate with Captain Busk, to notify him that he was in com- 
mand, but all had failed to return — some being killed, and others 
like Corporal Blount of the First Battalion Intelligence Section, 
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This left the BattaHon under command of the Adjutant, Lieutenant 
M. K. Robinson, who faiHng to find a single officer to place in com- 
mand, finally turned over the battalion to Major Volz of the Second, 
then supporting- the First. 

At 10 :00 P. M. that night the first runners reached Captain Busk, 
with orders to withdraw from the advanced position and join Com- 
panies ''A" and "C" on the east and west road. The two platoons 
of '*H" Company, after a day of hot and costly fighting, rejoined 
their own company. 

The withdrawal was directed in order to concentrate artillery fire 
on the ridge and the northwest corner of the woods. It was evident 
that the Huns fully realized the natural strength of their position and 
intended to hold on. Division accordingly proposed to blow him out. 
The position of the forward companies was too close to the enemy 
lines to be safe from our own artillery fire, for our left flank was 
still in the air, a kilometer north of the right of the 311th. Attempts 
to close this gap had failed, and the enemy remained in force in the 
intervening ground and the heights to the north. 

In reconnoitering this ground, Lieutenant K. M. Doty had been 
twice wounded, but he valiantly carried on his mission, and on his 
return, reported a Hun position of thirty machine guns. This and 
other similar positions it was decided to destroy, so that the 311th 
Infantry could move forward and outflank the woods. Division 
Headquarters fully realized by this time that it was utterly impos- 
sible to drive the enemy from the ridge north of the woods by a 
frontal attack unsupported on either flank. 

Our artillery fire was put down for two hours. 

Six o'clock on the morning of the 19th was the hour set for the 
renewal of the advance. Desultory artillery fire had fallen among 
the companies along the east and west trail, throughout the night ; 
but when the actual advance started, they were met with a storm of 
H.E., and later, gas, which made fighting in gas masks necessary. 
Liaison with the 309th on the right was maintained, but on the left, 
there was no connection with the 311th, and all attempts to establish 
liaison failed. 

The fault lay to the west and was not of our Division's making. 
When the 78th relieved the 77th, it was stated authoritatively that 
Grandpre had been captured. Acting on this supposition the attack 
orders of the previous two days had not been issued, with the four 




CAPT. RAYMOND L. THOMPSON-"OPERATIONS" 



138 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

infantry regiments in line, from west to east, in the order 312th, 
311th, 310th and 309th. 

As a matter of fact, however, the 77th was still fighting for 
a hold on the town. *'When the Second Battalion of the 312th 
Infantry moved to relieve the 77th Division units in the town of 
Grandpre," says the operations report, ''the enemy was found to 
occupy the whole citadel and was still in partial possession of the 
rest of the town. In some of the houses the enemy held the upper 
stories and a sort of perpendicular warfare ensued. Before the relief 
could be completed at 11:15 hours, thirty- four prisoners had been 
made and it took almost two days of house to house fighting to com- 
plete the capture of the lower part of the town." 

Meanwhile, the units on the right of the 312th had advanced only 
to be met by machine gun and rifle fire from Grandpre and the 
heights beyond, which effectively enfiladed their position; so that on 
the 19th, with Grandpre still uncaptured, the 311th had been stopped 
two hundred meters south of Belle joyeuse Ferme, and with the 310th 
and the 309th was in an ugly salient dominated by Talma Hill. 

The enemy machine guns in the woods to the north of our Regi- 
mental Sector and on the ridge to the northwest were still in action, 
apparently unaffected by the two-hour concentration our artillery had 
placed upon them. Three times the men of the 309th and 310th had 
advanced and three times they were driven back. As the day 
advanced, the First and Second Battalions, fighting with an unsur- 
passed courage and persistence, had become hopelessly intermingled. 
Company ''G," in support alone, remained intact. 

Deeds of exceptional personal courage and of conscientious devo- 
tion to duty were numerous. The never failing runners carried 
messages to the flanks and to the rear over open ground swept by a 
Hell of artillery fire; the signalmen worked doggedly to keep open 
the lines of communication; the Sanitary Detachment carried on in 
the rain of machine gun and shell fire, and all ranks, worked and 
fought without thought of personal safety. But the supreme effort 
was being wasted because Grandpre had not been captured, and 
the Boche, utilizing every feature of a terrain naturally adapted 
for a stubborn defence, was enfilading our positions. 

At nightfall but little advance had been made. Darkness brought 
the usual decrease in casualties, but no rest. 

During the four days, from October 16th to the early morning 
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THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 139 

of which twenty were officers. One officer and ninety-six men had 
been killed outright, and fourteen others later died of wounds. 

Those that remained of the men who had entered the Bois des 
Loges were becoming exhausted. They had been driven relentlessly 
against an impregnable position — harassed unceasingly by gas, H.E. 
and machine guns. Boche planes without hindrance had swept their 
lines. Every conceivable device and plan of attack had been tried 
and failed — failed because Grandpre laid open our flank. 

To continue to throw troops forward simply meant greater and 
still greater casualties and neither Division nor Corps had available 
replacements for our losses. Corps accordingly decided on a with- 
drawal to the St. Juvin- Grandpre Road, and early on the morning of 
October 20th, under cover of a heavy fog, the battalions were drawn 
back to this road, with instructions to "dig in." Again the men, 
despite the fact that they were exhausted by the lack of food and 
sleep, and the continual days of fighting, grumbled because they were 
ordered to relinquish the ground so dearly paid for. Dead tired as 
they were, they knew they were better than the Boche, and refused 
to admit even a partial reverse. 

Under cover of darkness on the night of October 20th-21st, the 
First and Second Battalions, which had a combined strength of 
1,020 men, were relieved by the Third Battalion. The First Batta- 
lion marched to La Besonge as Brigade Reserve, while the Second 
moved to a position near Chevieres. The Third was now com- 
manded by Captain Ray, as Major Crozier had been ordered to the 
States to receive a promotion and assignment to one of the many 
new divisions in preparation for overseas service. 

Orders demanding constant patrolling during the night were 
received on the 21st of October, and resulted in the information that 
the enemy had reoccupied the southern edge of the Bois des Loges. 
Jerry had apparently taken over his old machine gun positions whose 
location we had learned so bitterly, and for once our supporting 
artillery knew their targets accurately. 

Our retirement to a landmark so clearly defined as the St. Juvin- 
Grandpre road brought down on the Third Battalion the combined 
fire of artillery, "minnies" and machine guns — a fire which was main- 
tained day and night until after November 1st. The casualties 
mounted steadily. 

The 37 m.m.'s and trench mortars and machine guns were in 
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P. C. FACILITY. 

22nd October, 1918. 
MEMORANDUM ORDER: 

To : FACSIMILE— 1. 

FAG— 1. 

L Suitable patrols will be employed tonight to collect all dead in your 
Sector between the AIRE RIVER and the GRAND PRE-ST. JUVIN road, 
and all that can be conveniently reached without undue exposure to hostile 
fire in area North of the GRAND PRE-ST. JUVIN road. All bodies so 
collected are to be placed at a central point of your sector just off the South 
side of the above-mentioned road, where they may be collected for burial by 
the Pioneer Infantry. 

2. Report will be rendered to these Headquarters by 10:00 A. M., 23rd 
October, 1918, stating number of dead collected and giving the exact location 
where placed. 

By Command of Facility 1. 

Facility II. 



SECRET 

UNITED STATES ARMY. 

FIELD MESSAGE. 

No. 7. Sent by runner. 
7:30 P. M., 31st October. 1918. 
From: FACILITY 1. 

At: FACILITY P. C. 

Date: October 31st, 1918. 

To: FAG 1. 

1. FARADAY 1 directs that you arrange to immediately push strong pa- 
trol under command of an officer along skirt of BOIS DES LOGES to 
Northern edge of woods for purpose of definitely ascertaining whether or 
not enemy is in occupation and if so, his approximate strength. 

2. FACSIMILE'S patrol will go through Eastern edge of woods to ob- 
jective. FAG'S patrol will go thru Western edge of woods to objective. 

3. If found unoccupied, or being successful in clearing out weak re- 
sistance, signal by buzzer line or projector will be promptly relayed back 
and immediately transmitted to undersigned. 

4. Patrol will be back in our lines by 12 o'clock midnight. 

5. Artillery has been notified to discontinue firing on the woods until 
further notice. 

6. Acknowledge. 

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the Headquarters Platoons fired on the machine gun nests located in 
the southern edge of the Bois des Loges with a view not only to 
general harassing fire, but also to distract the attention of a part of 
the Boche from the activities of the 156th Brigade operating against 
Grandpre. 

Our own machine guns aided in this work. 

The ''windiness" of Jerry was evidenced each night by his 
extravagant use of fireworks of all descriptions, and the placing of 
protective barrages across our front. The line had to bear it as 
best they could — taking anything the Hun took a notion to toss over. 
But there were some compensations. Food carrying parties had a 
shorter and more protected route to the ration limbers near St. Juvin, 
and every night hot food and more food reached the lines. The 
necessity for eating cold "Willy'' for a time at least, was past. Sleep 
was still a luxury. 

The greatest morale-maker was our own supporting artillery. 
The pleasure that troops obtain from listening to the whistle of our 
shells soaring over their heads, can never be imagined by an 
artilleryman. It makes not the slightest difference to the doughboy 
whether the hits are taking effect. He has the feeling that he is 
being supported by the guns — that he is NOT fighting the war entirely 
by himself ; and he takes it for granted that every shell is a direct 
hit. On the other hand, put him in the front line under continuous 
shell-fire with only semi-occasional firing by the supporting guns, and 
he will promptly arrive at the conclusion that no one cares whether he 
lives or dies. 

Apparently our artillery was now unrestricted in its ammunition 
expenditure and was eager to help at all times, conducting harassing 
shoots and fire for destruction, both day and night. 

Time passed slowly, however; the method of holding the line 
being similar to that adopted in the Limey Sector, although no 
elaborate trench system was under construction. The wait was 
purely temporary until the Brigade on our left could swing around 
and capture the heights to our north, which completely dominated 
our position in the open. 

The period beginning October 21st and lasting until November 1st 
while active with patrolling at night, was mainly one of recuperation 
and preparation for the more extensive operation which we knew was 
ahead of us. To the north and west the Boche had the advantage of 
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placed along a natural line of defense. Every foot of the terrain 
held by our troops was intimately known to the enemy and afforded 
absolutely no cover except the individual fox-holes of the men. 

North of the road, small outposts had been established for the 
protection of the line; while on the ridge to the west of the 310th 
P.C., the Regimental Intelligence Section found an ideal location for 
the construction and operation of O.P.'s. Here was recorded all 
enemy movement and artillery activity, and compilations of the patrol 
reports supplemented by our own observation were regularly sub- 
mitted to .G-2 at Division. 

Day after day the Third Battalion continued to hold the St. Juvin- 
Grandpre Road, although receiving considerable enemy attention. 
As usual, the Hun maintained air supremacy, although at times our 
planes bothered him a little. Fortunately our artillery could function 
without the assistance of aircraft for registration, as they could 
observe their own fire from the high ground to our rear. Steadily 
this fire was carried on, and yet despite the tons of metal thrown into 
Grandpre and to the north, as well as into the Bois des Loges there 
seemed no indication that Jerry was losing his tenacious grip on his 
positions. 

On October 26th, the right of the 311th was shifted to the west 
of the big bend of the Aire River, and the 310th was ordered to 
extend its front to the west beyond the Ferme des Greves to a point 
about a kilometer east of Grandpre. Accordingly, the First Battalion 
was again ordered into the line from its post in Brigade Reserve. 
The Brigade Reserve itself had on October 23rd, moved from La 
Besogne to a closer and more protected position in the woods near 
Cornay, southeast of the 310th P.C. 

The right of the line was south of Hill 166. Machine gun sec- 
tions and a platoon of infantry, posted on the extreme left, covered 
the river flat against enemy infiltration. 

The extension of the front completed, there followed the same 
old routine of ''sitting tight," ready for whatever might develop. 
Rations were plentiful and reached the line in a comparatively 
palatable condition ; and ammunition for the 37's, trench mortars and 
machine guns was ample. Each night ''iron rations" were served 
to the Huns in the Bois des Loges for the double purpose of pro- 
viding him with entertainment as well as giving firing practice to the 
newer men of the auxiliary weapon platoons. In return we received 
the inevitable morning and evening straffing. 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 145 

The nights were more comfortable because Jerry concentrated on 
fireworks which for the most part did no damage, while we returned 
the compliment with everything under our control. Each night our 
patrols worked along the southern and western edges of the Bois des 
Loges for the purpose of keeping tabs on Jerry. There was no 
doubt of the alertness of his machine gunners along the edge of the 
woods — as each patrol testified on return to our lines. Nevertheless 
the Boche stuck fast to the shelter of the woods — never once, either 
day or night, venturing into the open. 

On our side, indications that some kind of a show w^as in prepara- 
tion, had been increasing daily. The reduction of the stronghold of 
Grandpre was completed on the 27th, and men coming from the 
rear reported the roads alive with heavy artillery, as well as infantry, 
moving into position in the woods south of us. Almost every day, 
staff officers visited the 310th P.C., apparently to confirm the reports 
of enemy activity. Our men were withdrawn from the front line 
in small groups, marched to Cornay, bathed and reclothed, and then 
returned to the front. On several successive nights rocket signals 
were used to test the perfection of liaison between our front lines 
and the supporting artillery. 

Even the aviators had become suddenly active in an effort to keep 
the Hun airmen from photographing the swarming areas in the rear. 
The opportunity for which we had been waiting was arriving. With 
Grandpre lost, the Boche could not keep our troops from a success- 
ful advance. No longer were we to sit still and take whatever 
Jerry chose to send over. 

During these eleven days, October 21st-31st, inclusive, although 
no offensive was undertaken, our battle casualties totaled seventy- 
three, confined mostly of course to the Third Battalion, and the 
Machine Gun Company. Sixteen men were killed, and three 
others, among whom was Lieutenant Scruggs of Company "C," died 
of wounds previously received. 



THE MEUSE— ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

(Second Phase) 

November 1 to November 5, 1918 

THE BOIS DES LOGES 
BEFFU ET LE MORTHOMME 
BRIOUENAY, GERMONT, AUTHE 
VERRIERES, SY 



THE MEUSE— ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

(Second Phase) 
November 1 to November 5, 1918 

Secret orders giving an insight into the nature of our future work 
reached Regimental Headquarters during the last days of October. 
These orders were accompanied by annexes prescribing in detail the 
operations of every part of the division. We were soon to do our 
part in the greatest American Offensive of the war. 

The attack, originally planned for October 28th, was postponed 
to November 1st. Our division was on the extreme left of the First 
Corps which was itself the left corps of the First American Army. 
The mission of the First Corps in tlie coming attack was to flank 
the enemy out of the Bois de Bourgogne just north of Grandpre, by 
envelopment from the right, and then carry the fight northward, 
connecting with the French at Boult-aux-Bois. 

To accomplish this envelopment, the 77th and 80th Divisions (next 
on our right) were to attack on a front of five kilometers between 
Champignuelle and St. Georges, while the 78th Division, on a 
front of six kilometers, was to cover their left flank by advancing 
northward, yet alert at all times to face the Bois de Bourgogne and 
efifect a holding attack west of Grandpre, 

Any withdrawal of the enemy on our front, or in the Bois de 
Bourgogne was to be vigorously followed up. The role of the 310th 
in the offensive required no change in sector ; merely another advance 
on the Bois des Loges was demanded, with the northern edge of the 
woods as the first day's objective. At a conference at Regimental 
Headquarters, held on the afternoon of October 31st, between the 
Colonel and Major Ray, Major Volz, and Captain Busk, all details 
of the attack were discussed. 

No changes in dispositions were made, and the Third and First 
Battalions remained in the line, to constitute respectively the attack 
and support units. 

The original attack order of the 155th Brigade called for the 
advance from the "jumping off'' position to be in line of section 

149 



150 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

SECRET. 

P. C. 155th INFANTRY BRIGADE. 

31.st October, 1918; 18:00 Hours 
l''ield Order 
No. 19. 
MAPS : 

BUZANCY, VOUZIERS, 1/20,000. 
BUZANCY, 1/50,000. 
VERDUN, MEZIERES, 1/80,000. 
SPECIAL MAP. 

1. No further information of the enemy. 

2. (a) Pursuant to Field Order No. Z2, P. C. 78th Division corrected 
copy, and annexes, this Brigade will attack on "D" day at "H" hour 
with both Regiments in line. (See Special Map.) 

(b) BOUNDARIES OF THE BRIGADE: 

EAST: LA VIERGETTE, LA BESOGNE (inclusive); MARCQ 
(exclusive); CHAMPIGNEULLE (exclusive; MALMAISON FME 
(exclusive) ; AUTHE (inclusive). 

WEST: CHEVIERES (inclusive); FERME DES LOGES (exclu- 
sive; BOIS DES LOGES (inclusive); BRIQUENAY (exclusive); 
GERMONT (inclusive). 

INTER REGIMENTAL: 294.75—285.0; 294.5—289.5; 294.3—294.0; 
293.6—297.6 (309th Infantry on right, 310th Infantry on left). 

FIRST OBJECTIVE: Northern edge of BOIS DES LOGES. 
The Northern edge of woods will be promptly organized and woods 
thoroughly cleaned out the first day. 

SUBSEQUENT OBJECTIVE:' Ridge two (2) kilometers North 
of BRIQUENAY. 

LINE OF DEPARTURE: (295.7—286.3; 293.6—286.45). 

3. (a) Attacking troops will be in position on "D" day at "H" hour 
minus 4 hours. The Brigade Reserve, Lieut. Colonel V. Foster, Com- 
manding, Major E. A. Volz, second in command, will be on GRAND 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 151 

PRE-ST. JUVIN road in position now occupied by 309th Infantry on 
"D" day at "H" minus 3 hours. 

(b) Artillery preparations for the attack begins at *^H" minus an 
hour. The Infantry will advance from the line of departure at "H" 
hour, preceded by a rolling barrage, traveling at the rate of 100 
meters every live (5) minutes. 

(c) On the advance to Subsequent Objective we will have for our 
protection on the left flank a succession of strong points established by 
the 311th Infantry keeping pace with us. We will protect the left 
flank of the 77th Division in our advance, being always ready to form 

■ line of battle facing the BOIS DE BOURGOGNE. A formation of 
staggered columns of squad columns will be utilized to fullest advan- 
tage throughout. 

(d) Combat liaison group of 2 platoons from 309th Infantry and 2 
platoons from 305th Infantry, under command of an officer from 305th 
Infantry, will maintain contact between our right and the left of 153rd 
Infantry Brigade throughout the advance. Commanding Officer 310th 
Infantry will arrange for Combat Liaison group with Regiment on his 
left. 

(e) Employment of Machine Gun. (See annex No. 1 to F. O. 32, 
78th Division). 

4. (a) Axis of Liaison for the Brigade: 296.8— 283.3— P. C. 309th Inf. 
294.5— 286.7— BEFFU ET MORTHOMME-RESILLE-FME-GER- 
MONT. 

(b) Plans of Liaison: INTELLIGENCE; COMMUNICATION, 
SUPPLY AND EVACUATION (See Annex Nos. 6, 7 and 8 to F. O. 
32, 78th Division). 

5. PO'STS OF COMMAND: 

78th Division — No Change. 
155th Infantry Brigade — No Change. 

By Command of Brigadif.r General Stanberry. 

T. F. Meehan, 

Alajor, Infantry, Adjutant 



152 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

HEADQUARTERS 153rd FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE. 
PLANS OF OFFENSE— ARGONNE SECTOR. 

Operations No. 53. Document No. 8. 

October 28, 1918. 
FIRE FOR ACCOMPANIMENT. 

I. ROLLING BARRAGE (Sketch 1:20000). 

1. The advance of the Infantry will be accompanied by a Rolling Bar- 
rage to be fired as indicated on the attached sketch. The hours given on the 
sketch are the hours of the LIFTING OF THE BARRAGE. At H— 5 min. 
the first line of the barrage will fall 250 meters in advance of the parallel 
of departure. The first line of barrage will lift at H hour, thereafter ad- 
vancing 100 meters every 5 minutes until the Southern edge of the BOIS DE 
LOGES is reached when the barrage will be maintained 300 meters in ad- 
vance of the infantry. As the objective is reached, each battery will limit 
its fire by the successive stages shown until it reaches the final line of barrage 
300 meters beyond the infantry objective. It will stand upon this line until 
H-(-2h-|-15 in order to protect the infantry in the organization of the line. 
At the hour H-|-2h-|-15 the 11/307 F. A. will cease firing and immediately 
comply with the PLAN OF ADVANCE. The 238th F. A. will also cease 
firing at this time. Rate of fire for 307th F. A. — 300 rounds per battery per 
hour, one gun being always at rest. Projectile H. E. and Special No. 3 
in proportion announced in table of Ammunition Expenditures. Rate of 
fire for 238th F. A. — 400 rounds per battery per hour. Projectile same as 
for 307th F. A. 

IL RAKING FIRE (Sketch 1:20000). 

1. The advance will also be accompanied by Raking Fire which in the 
zone of advance will precede the Rolling Barrage, keeping always at least 
300 meters ahead of the first line of advancing infantry. The 1/308 will exe- 
cute this fire on the eastern edge of the BOIS DE BOURGOGNE within 
the area indicated on the attached sketch. The 309th F. A. will fire on se- 
lected points within the area shown on same sketch. Rate of fire and 
ammunition allowance is shown in table of ammunition expenditures. 

2. The 11/308 will fire Raking Fire upon the RAVIN AUX PIERRES, 
and the Ravines just north, from the hour H to H-|-2h on day D. De- 
tails of this fire will be governed by plans of C. G. 152nd F. A. Brigade and 
will be sent to the 308th F. A. as soon as received. 

III. PROTECTIVE FIRE. 

1. This fire is for the purpose of covering the organization of the con- 
quered ground. It will be executed by the 11-308 and 1-307 upon areas 
indicated on ROLLING BARRAGE sketch. Two battalions 309th F. A. 
will also fire Protective fire upon the most northerly target areas assigned 
for RAKING FIRE. Allowance of ammunition for this fire is shown in 
table of ammunition expenditures. 

C. C. Hearn, 
Official : Brigadier General, U. S. A., Commanding. 

George L. Briggs, 

Capt. F. A. Operations. 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 153 

columns, without a leading wave of skirmishers. This detail was 
however modified late on the afternoon of October 31st so as to 
comply with drill regulations. 

The line of departure for the attack extended practically east and 
west through the southern end of the Bois de Tom Cat, with the 
right of the line about 300 meters north of the St. Juvin-Grandpre 
Road. Each battalion was to advance with the four companies in 
line, each company disposed in depth with a front of two platoons. 
The order of companies in the leading battalion from right to left 
were "K," "L," 'T," ''M" and in the support battalion from right to 
left, "C," "A," "B" and "D." 

The artillery preparation for the attack was planned on a large 
scale. During two entire days previous, division and corps artil- 
lery reinforced by two batteries of 9.2's and six batteries of French 
75s smashed upon the eastern edge of the Bois de Bourgogne. 
throwing nearly 50,000 rounds of mustard into certain prescribed 
areas, while other batteries concentrated destructive fire on known 
enemy positions. Day and night was a continuous pandemonium. 

In addition, for two hours preceding the infantry attack, 10,000 
shells were poured into the Bois des Loges by the division and army 
artillery. A machine gun barrage was also laid down on the Bois 
des Loges, with searching fire on the road to Briquenay as far as 
Le Morthomme. 

It seemed impossible that the Boche could survive this fire. 

During the night of October 31st-November 1st, the Brigade 
Reserve, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Foster, composed of our 
Second Battalion and one Battalion of the 309th, moved from its 
position near Cornay, across the Aire to the St. Juvin-Grandpre 
Road, ready if needed, to assist the attack of the Brigade. The 
37 m.m. and Trench Mortar Platoons had taken up prepared posi- 
tions in the Bois de Tom Cat, immediately north of the line of 
departure, and were assisting in the fire of preparation on the Bois 
des Loges. 

At 5 :30 o'clock on the morning of November 1st, the Third 
Battalion, suported by the First Battalion, went over the top, pre- 
ceded by a rolling barrage travelling at the rate of 100 meters in 
five minutes. The combined strength of the two battalions was 
less than 900 men. Up the gentle slope, across the open ground 
south of the woods, the troops advanced without hesitating in the 
face of the Hun's counter barrage and continuous machine gun fire. 



154 11 IE MEUSE-ARGONNE DEFENSIVE 

Beture ():15 the Icadinii; elements had entered the Bois des Luges and 
were plunging througli the underbrush, driving the enemy before 
them. 

The Boche machine gunners in the southern part of the woods 
were quickly put to rout, and retreated northward without waiting 
for our men to close with them. The drive was going splendidly 
until the east and west road through the woods was reached. Here, 
however, a withering machine gun fire from the woods in front and 
from the higher ground to the northwest checked further progress. 

Our artillery preparation had been wasted. Such was the natural 
strength of Jerry's positions, combined with the admirable advantage 
he had taken of the terrain, that the storm of shells had passed over 
with little effect. Shell craters were everywhere in evidence, but 
so was the Boche. During the play of the artillery he had simply 
withdrawn his pieces. When the barrage passed, he had quickly 
run them into position again; and in the face of this practically unin- 
terrupted fire the 310th was fighting. 

On the right of the 78th, the 77th had failed to take Champignuelle 
as planned, and therefore a flanking movement on the east to drive 
out the enemy from his nests was impossible. There was nothing to 
do but advance, and again the frontal attack was launched, the men 
infiltrating forward in an effort to dislodge the Hun. But enemy 
fire in ever increasing intensity piled up our casualties and forced 
another reorganization. 

Three times the assault was made, while the number of killed 
and wounded mounted higher. 

At 6:00 o'clock in the evening, the Third and First Battalions, 
now reinforced by Companies "E" and "G" of the Second Battalion 
had succeeded in pushing forward into the woods some four hundred 
meters north of the east and west trail. Between the woods and the 
Ferme des Loges, the left wing was along the trail and slightly to 
the north thereof ; on our right the 309th was established along the 
extension of the trail in the eastern half of the woods. 

Further artillery preparation on the ridge to the north was now 
requested, while the men waited in positions totally without cover 
to resume the attack. They had fought since daylight with no thought 
of food or rest, accepting the rain of machine gun bullets without a 
murmur, seeing their comrades mowed down, only again and again to 
attempt to push on against impassable resistance. 

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was no diminution in the fighting abiHty of the Boche ; the resistance 
increased in intensity with every forward move, and consequently, 
during the ensuing night an envelopment of the woods from the west 
was planned whereby the 312th Infantry, preceded by an artillery 
barrage, was to advance in a generally northeast direction, between 
the 311th and our own left flank, with their objective the northwest 
quarter of the woods. At the same time, our line was to advance 
northward, connect with the right of the 312th, and so gain the 
northern edge of the Bois des Loges. 

The day's casualties totalled eight officers and one hundred and 
fifty-six enlisted men. Officer shortage now made it necessary to 
combine what was left of Companies 'T" and "M" under Lieutenant 
Korkus, and the residue of Companies ''C" and "K" were likewise 
combined under Lieutenant Mann. Of the Captains, but two 
remained, Captain Ray (then in fact a Major) and Captain Busk, in 
command of the First Battalion — both of whom despite continuous 
exposure had miraculously escaped becoming casualties. Companies 
"F" and "H" were still in Brigade Reserve under Lieutenant-Colonel 
Foster, and what was left of the regiment — nominally ten companies, 
but practically having a strength of about 500 men, was consoli- 
dated under Major Ray. 

Included in the officer casualties was Lieutenant R. B. O'Connor, 
the Adjutant of the Third Battalion, who had been wounded early 
on the morning of the first. Patrols reported that O'Connor had been 
shot through the head and instantly killed, and although several 
attempts were made to recover his body, it had proved impossible, 
owing to the high casualties encountered. Late in the day, a patrol 
finally reached the location of his "body" only to find that it had 
been removed. With him, Jerry had captured the Code Book of the 
Division which O'Connor had been carrying for the necessary trans- 
mission of messages. 

With the coming of dawn, the artillery placed eighteen hundred 
rounds of H.E. into the northern half of the Bois des Loges and on 
completion of the shoot, our ten companies resumed the attack in 
co-operation with the enveloping attack of the 312th. But to the 
astonishment of all, no serious resistance was met. Up to an early 
hour it was known definitely that the enemy machine gunners were 
still in position, but when we reached the ridge that had caused us 
such endless trouble, only a few dead Boche were seen. Thirty or 
more machine gun emplacements were empty, and other strong points 




THE CHASE AFTER THE BOCHE 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 159 

had likewise been abandoned. Now for the first time we realized 
how it had been possible for the Boche to maintain such accurate 
fire on our positions south of the woods ; for not only did ]trry 
know our locations precisely, but in addition we found established 
elaborate O.Ps. equipped with the most modern instruments. 

On went the lines, halting at the edge of the woods to reorganize 
and push forward patrols into Beffu. 

Here Lieutenant O'Connor was found, alive and conscious, in 
the basement of one of the houses. The Boche had dressed his 
wound, left an ample supply of food, water, and wine, with the 
explanation that they had no means to carry him with them, and had 
left hurriedly. He reported that Jerry was retreating northward 
towards Sedan, with apparently no intention of making any serious 
stand south of that town. 

On receipt of this information, Chaplain King, with a detail of 
stretcher-bearers, advanced ahead of the lines, and brought back 
O'Connor. 

In about two hours the advance was resumed, with "K," "C," 
"E," "D," "I" and "M" in the front line, and "A," "B," "L" and 
''G" in support. Beffu et le Morthomme was reached by the troops 
before 10:00 A. M. 

Pushing forward again across the open fields and small patches 
of woods, our troops reached Briquenay without meeting resistance, 
crossed the Canal des Arches, and continued on to the ridge, two 
kilometers north (a total advance for the regiment of eight kilo- 
meters). This ridge, the second day's objective, was occupied just 
after dark, November 2nd. Here occurred our only casualties of 
the day : one killed and one wounded, from a short burst of machine 
gun fire lasting less than five minutes and wdiich proved that the 
enemy, while still within reach, was unwilling to make any determined 
stand against our advance. 

Captain Rea's Company "B" of the 308th Machine Gun Battalion 
had accompanied our men throughout the entire advance, carrying 
their guns and tripods by hand and displaying extraordinary endur- 
ance. At dark they were posted to cover our two exposed flanks, 
while constant patrolling was ordered maintained during the night. 

On our right, the 309th was in position one kilometer to the rear, 
south of the Canal de Thenorgues, and to the right of the 309th, and 
still farther to their rear, were the flank units of the 77th, The 312th 
had meanwhile halted south of Briquenay, so that once more the 
310th was at the peak of the drive. 




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Completely tired out, the men had consumed what was left of 
their reserve rations, and had lain down in the open fields to sleep, 
but at 2 :00 A. M. Lieutenant Bacon's First Battalion Transport 
succeeded after a seven-hour struggle in reaching the front lines with 
hot food ; and Major Ray, in a characteristic message, reported he 
was ready to advance. 

On through Germont, Authe and Verrieres, the regiment pushed 
November 3rd, its progress checked temporarily three times by Boche 
machine gun fire from the ridges abreast of the towns. But it was 
evident that the fight had been taken out of Jerry. Flanking or 
enveloping movements, combined with a few persuading movements 
of Lieutenant Hylant's 37's, or the trench mortars, invariably made 
him drop back. And snipers, pushing forward with the most 
advanced patrols, added encouragement. 

Groups of prisoners began to come in — four lots from as many 
divisions, giving additional evidence of the demoralization of the 
Germans. They reported unanimously that no resistance would be 
made — that the Boche were abandoning supply dumps and that they 
had no knowledge of positions being prepared for serious defense. 
The way was wide open. 

But the Boche had determined to slow our advance all in his 
power. Bridges had everywhere been blown up, making it necessary 
to ford all streams; great sections of the roads had been destroyed 
by mines, so that until time consuming repairs could be completed, 
it became impossible for the transport to follow the troops. Enemy 
equipment and material of every description was strewn about. Hun 
machine guns, both the light and heavy type, artillery of all calibers, 
huge shell dumps — and horses, alive and dead, lined the roads. 

As the troops entered each town they were greeted by the inhabi- 
tants who were now once more free, after four years existence under 
harsh German rule. Most of the civil population had been evacuated 
northward or carried along with the retreating Germans ; only the 
old and infirm remained, and these refused to believe our men were 
Americans, as they had heard nothing of our entry into the war. 
Such little food as they possessed was urged on our men and as 
eagerly accepted. 

The only serious resistance of the day w^as encountered on the 
ridge south of Verrieres, where several machine guns opened on our 
front companies. However, "C" and **K," supported by "A," out- 
flanked and enveloped them east of the town. Twelve prisoners were 



162 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

captured and turned over to Major Segarra of the 309th, then oper- 
ating to our right and rear. Meanwhile ''E" and *'L" moved up 
between the enveloping companies and the town, and, later, **M," "I" 
and ''D," supported by ''G" and ''B," moved up immediately west 
of the town. 

Additional prisoners were found concealed. 

At dusk the regiment held the ridge north of Verrieres, with its 
left in the southern part of the Bois de Sy, and the right along the 
ridge a half kilometer north of the town. After dark, the leading 
elements of the 309th came up and extended the line to the north. 
The 311th, on our left, were then some two and a half kilometers 
to the rear, at Brieulles-sur-Bar. 

Another lay's advance, this time of ten kilometers, had been 
accomplished, and again as on the night before, the machine gun 
company protected the flanks, while patrols pushed forward. 

Evidently Verrieres was an important German Supply point, for 
in it were found, besides an extensive engineer-dump and stores of 
military clothing, large quantities of equipment, and a bakery con- 
taining 2,000 or more loaves of freshly baked black bread. This 
bread, similar in shape to an American cobble stone and about as 
palatable, together with raw potatoes and a little cornmeal, ser\^ed 
as the only supper for the men. 

Throughout the night enemy artillery fired on our position, and 
on the town in the rear, fortunately however inflicting only a few 
casualties. It began to look as if we might be catching up on the 
Boche, and that above all things was to be desired, now that we had 
him on the run. 

The original plan was that the 78th should withdraw from the line 
as soon as connection was assured between the French on the Division 
left, and the 77th on the Division right. The rapidity of our advance, 
had however carried us beyond touch and it was therefore decided 
to keep the 78th in line and to continue the pursuit between the French 
and the 77th. Far up in front, Major Ray had received word from 
some flank unit of the 77th that he "was to be squeezed out ;" Ray, 
having received no such orders, declined the invitation, and replied 
that unless the 77th increased their speed of pursuit, their prospects 
of accomplishing the squeezing out process were small. 

Before daylight of November 4th, Germont was piled high with 
troops. First Army Corps had decided upon a pursuit by motor 
trucks in an effort to catch the fleeing Germans, and a detachment 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 163 



SECRET 



FIELD ORDER 
No. 24. 



P. C. 310th INFANTRY 

3rd NOVEMBER, 1918 



1. Entire P'irst Army has advanced today. Our Brigade progressed 
against gradually stiffening resistance. The 77th Division is on the right 
of our Division; the French Army is on the left of our Division. The 
309th Infantry is on the immediate right of this Regiment and the 156th 
Brigade is on our our immediate left. 

2. Our Division, Brigade and Regiment will advance tomorrow with all 
possible speed. Direction of advance Northeast boundary of Brigade sector, 
94.45-300.0 to OCHES to STONNE^ Western boundary meridian 292. 

3. (a) Brigade Reserve, Lt. Colonel Victor Foster, 310th Infantry, 

advances at 5 ;30 A. M. 4th November, 1918. The present front 
and support lines of the Regiment will stand fast in their present 
positions until the Brigade Reserve has advanced beyond the present 
front line. They will thereafter constitute the part of the Brigade 
Reserve and will follow the advance using roads and trails in such 
formation as the terrain and the resistance encountered make 
necessary. 

(b) This new Reserve is required by Brigade orders to advance in 
column formation, wheresoever possible, with flank protection. 
Major Wood L. Ray, 310th Infantry, is designated to command that 
part of the new Brigade Reserve composed of the 310th Infantry 
and attached Machine Gun Company. 

(c) Every possible effort will be made to serve hot meals to the 
men before the hour for the advance. 

4. Transport will follow immediately in rear of the Reserve. 

5. Division P. C— BRIQUENAY. 

Brigade P. C— BRIQUENAY— THENORGUE road one half kilo- 
meter East of BRIQUENAY. 

Regimental P. C.— until 8:00 A. ^l. GER^IONT, thereafter in vicinitv 
of AUTHE, with probable subsequent advance to the North generally 
along North and South line 293. 

6. Liaison between the rear Battalions and the Regimental P. C. by 
runner as heretofore. 

Colonel, 310th Infantry, 
Commanding. 

Distribution same as for Field Order No, 22. Advance copies FALLACY 
1 and FACILITY 1. 

Time of issue — 9:15 P. M. 



164 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

from the 312th under Major Hulings, with a platoon of the 307th 
Machine Gun BattaHon, had been pushed forward. Beyond Bri- 
quenay, however, the roads had stopped further progress and they 
were forced to march, only to add to the congestion in Germont. 

At daylight of the 4th, Regimental Headquarters was at Authe, 
where prisoners from the front were interrogated and despatched to 
the rear. All villages and roads in that section were under artillery 
fire, but the majority of the shells were doing little damage, except 
at the Authe crossroads. 

The Brigade Reserve, consisting of our Companies "F" and "H," 
and two companies of the 309th, all under Lieutenant-Colonel Foster, 
had been following the support battalions since November 2nd and 
on the night of November 3rd-4th were near Authe. Early on the 
4th, orders from the Brigade Commander directed the regiment to 
remain in position north of Verrieres, while the Reserve moved up, 
passed through the front lines, and took over the work of pursuit. 
The 309th was to follow the Reserve, with the 310th bringing up 
the rear. 

At 9 :00 o'clock, the advanced elements moved through the front 
line and disappeared in the Bois de Sy. Upon emerging from the 
northern edge of these woods, the troops were greeted with a rain 
of machine gun bullets coming from the southern exit of Sy, and 
from the higher ground to the north of that village. There was 
no protection for the men, and they were forced to lie in the open, 
and accept the last vicious hostilities of the Boche. The German 
artillery had by now opened fire on us, and the morning and early 
afternoon passed with no advance, neither Colonel Babcock or Colonel 
Morgan being able to direct intelligently the handling of the troops, 
as no information as to their dispositions was sent back. 

The Regimental P.C. advanced from Brieulles-sur-Bar to Ver- 
rieres at 2:00 P. M., avoiding the destroyed roads by moving east 
from Brieulles, two kilometers, and thence northward over a trail 
used by the German artillery and transport in its retreat the day 
previous. The appearance of the Colonel's car descending into 
Verrieres, in full view of the enemy, brought on a furious shelling 
of both Verrieres and Brieulles-sur-bar, and the road between these 
towns. This fire, coming from the direction of Oches, continued 
until 3 :00 A. M., when it suddenly ceased. The companies on the 
ridge north of the town suffered some casualties. 

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THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 165 

the exertions of its commander and crew, in reaching Verrieres, and 
is beHeved to be the only accompanying gun of the division to reach 
a firing position north of Verrieres on that date. 

During the night, patrols northward to Sy encountered none of 
the enemy ; and at daylight a patrol under Lieutenant Cramer and 
Lieutenant Milsaps of the 309th pushed into Sy, without meeting up 
with Jerry. Their conversations with the French inhabitants of the 
town confirmed the suspected departure of the Boche during the early 
morning hours of the 5th, and the patrol accordingly pushed on 
through the town. Less than a. kilometer beyond, fire was received 
from concealed enemy machine guns, the enlisted men (all of the 
309th) were killed, and Lieutenant Cramer was wounded and cap- 
tured. Lieutenant Milsaps alone reached our lines. 

Meanwhile, orders for the relief of the Division by the 42nd, 
reached the regiment. We were directed to remain in position, and 
allow the Rainbows to continue the pursuit. 

Thus ended the active operations of the regiment. 

From September 10th, we had had no real rest, because we had 
been marching or fighting almost continuously. In both the Limey 
Sector and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, the 310th had been given 
most difficult tasks to perform, under trying conditions, and our 
battle casualties exceeded those of any other regiment of the division. 
From October 15th, the men had fought continuously, capturing a 
nbmber of prisoners, six towns, and a considerable quantity of arms, 
ammunition and material of all kind. 

The enemy positions which we had overcome were admirably 
adapted by nature to defense. Woods choked with underbrush ; 
open rolling ground ; swamps — waist and shoulder deep in mud and 
mire; canals and rivers, had failed to more than briefly stop our 
progress. But the cost had been high. We went into the Argonne 
with 3,100 officers and men ; we came out with 1,347, and these 1,347 
included not only all rifle companies, but the auxiliary companies 
as well. 



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ROSTER OF OFFICERS IN THE REGIMENT 

UPON RELIEF OF THE REGIMENT FROM THE FRONT 

LINE NEAR VERRIERES, NOVEMBER 5, 1918. 

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS. 

Colonel Walter C. Babcock Commanding Regiment 

Lieut. Colonel Victor S. Foster Second in Command 

Captain Herbert N. Vanderwerker Regimental Adjutant 

Captain Earle B. Dane .^ Personnel Adjutant 

Captain Raymond L. Thompson. .. .Reg. Operations and Intelligence Officer 

Captain Charles W. Vates Regimental Surgeon 

Captain Edwin W. Leary Regimental Gas Officer 

1st Lieut. John M. Bentley Dental Corps 

1st Lieut. Louis N. Brockway Regimental Liaison Officer 

1st Lieut. Clement C. Beuchat Regimental Billeting Officer 

1st Lieut. Joseph C. Donoghue Regimental Munitions Officer 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY. MACHINE GUN COMPANY. 

Captain Harold D. Dyke. 2nd Lieut. Avra M. Warren. 

1st Lieut. Gerald M. Morgan. 2nd Lieut. Charles R. Irwin. 

1st Lieut. Edward P. Hylant, Jr. 
1st Lieut. Charles T. Crouch 

(S. D., Brigade Headquarters). 
1st Lieut. Charles J. Piester. 

SUPPLY COiMPANY. 

Captain Lawrence Emmerton, Regimental Supply Officer. 
1st Lieut. Samuel N. Bacon, 1st Battalion Supply Officer. 
1st Lieut. Dudley G. Lester, 3rd Battalion Supply and Transport Officer. 
2nd Lieut. Newell E. Beers, 1st Battalion Transport Officer. 

HEADQUARTERS FIRST BATTALION. 

Major xA.rthur C. Judd (Detached Service at Army School of the Line). 

1st Lieut. Milton K. Robinson, Battalion Adjutant. 

1st Lieut. Samuel N. Bacon, Battalion Supply Officer. 

1st Lieut. Warren G. Willsey, Battalion Intelligence Officer. 

1st Lieut. Earle S. Rockefeller, Battalion Gas Officer. 

' 1st Lieut. Dennis B. Jarrell, Battalion Surgeon. 

[ ' 2nd Lieut. Newell E. Beers, Battalion Transport Officer. 



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COMPANY A. 

1st Lient. E. T. Buettner. 



COMPANY C. 
1st Lieut. Woodruff J. Lowman. 



COMPANY B. COMPANY D. 

Captain Frederick W. Busk, 1st Lieut. Walter A. Hamilton. 

Commanding 1st Battalion. 2nd Lieut. Raleigh T. Curtis. 



HEADQUARTERS SECOND BATTALION. 

1st. Lieut. Charles Douglass, Battalion Adjutant (Commanding Battalion) 

1st Lieut. R. R. Charlesworth, Battalion Surgeon. 

2d Lieut. H. J. C. Rogers, Battalion Transport Officer. 

2d Lieut. Harold P. Dahlquist, Battalion Supply Officer. 

Chaplain Daniel J. Lynch, Battalion Chaplain. 



COMPANY E. 
2nd Lieut. Clifford G. Kershaw. 

COMPANY F. 
(No Officers) 



COMPANY G. 
2nd Lieut. Arthur E. Blodgett 

COMPANY H. 
(No Officers) 



HEADQUARTERS THIRD BATTALION 

Major Wood L. Ray, Commanding Battalion. 

1st Lieut. John B. McMillan, Battalion Intelligence Officer. 

1st Lieut. Guy G. Alway^ Battalion Surgeon. 

1st Lieut. F. A. Norwood, Medical Corps. 

1st Lieut. Dudley G. Lester, Battalion Supply and Transport Officer. 

Chaplain James N. King, Battalion Chaplain. 



COMPANY I. 
(No Officers) 

COMPANY K. 
1st Lieut. Herman F. Mann. 



COMPANY L. 
1st Lieut. Irving E, Goldsmith. 

COMPANY M. 

1st Lieut. Edwin F. Korkus. 
1st Lieut. Ralph A. Freel. 



REPORTS 

On the Operations of 

THE SUPPLY CO., 310TH INFANTRY 

and 

THE 310TH MEDICAL DETACHMENT 

(Meuse-Argonne Offensive) 



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SUPPLY COMPANY, 310th INFANTRY 

^- ^- ^- Jauary 4th, 1918. 

MEMORANDUM: Headquarters 78th Division: 

In compliance with memorandum dated December 27th, 1918, from G-1, 
submit below a summary of the working of this company during the Argonne 
operations : 

When the Regiment took over on the Grand Pre — St. Juvin line, the 
Supply Company plus the company kitchens with their personnel, was located 
and remained at La Viergette, a cross road in the woods on the Apremont — 
Lancon road, about a mile and a half south of Chatel. 

This location gave two good roads to the front, and was on a good truck 
road. 

When a battalion went into reserve, as one did at La Bescogne, at first, 
and another later near Cornay, the kitchens belonging to that battalion were 
taken to it and the rations delivered by the battalion transport in a raw 
state. 

For battalions in the line, the rations were handled and cooked at the 
transport on the assembled kitchens of that battalion under the supervision 
of the Battalion Supply Officer. The B. S. O. and B. T. O. taking turns in 
delivering to the ration parties at the forward dump, which was located 
in the west edge of St. Juvin. 

The regimental dump was located at La Viergette, and the rations were 
hauled to it on the second line transport from Mcniel Farm, and later 
Lancon. But after the Division got settled, direct delivery was made to 
this dump by truck, thus letting up on animals to a great extent, though 
the second line continued to be used to bring in quartermaster supplies, 
ordnance, etc. 

The duties of the Officers of the Company were divided about as follows : 
B. S. O.s handled their battalion supply detachments as separate units, 
drew^ their rations, saw to the preparation and delivery, and kept in personal 
touch with the Battalion Commander. 

B. T. O.s looked after their picket lines, supplied the B. S. O. with what 
transport he needed, took their turn at ration delivery, and generally acted 
as assistant to the B. S. O. 

R. T. O. took care of all the hauling done by the second line transport 
and gave general supervision to the care of all regimental animals. 

R. S. O. acted as the connecting link for the whole. He kept in telephonic 
touch with the Regimental Commander, and also with D. H. Q., Division 
Ordnance, Division Quartermaster and ration dump. 

The R, S. O. had the control and use of a side-car, which alone made 



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this possible, and which many times demonstrated that the possession of 
transportation of that sort was absohitely essential to the proper functioning 
of the Supply Company as a whole. 

By the time the push started the Regiment had become so reduced in 
strength that the cooking plan was changed, and certain kitchens were given 
one thing to do for the day, as making coffee or frying steaks, for the whole 
Regiment, and a sufficient ration was sent in one train instead of three. 

The first hot meal delivered to the Regiment after going over, was on the 
outskirts of Briquenay, and was a complete and ample meal. This was on 
the second night of the drive. The troops going over with reserve rations, 
and being out of reach the first night. 

During the second night, a report reached D. H. Q. that the Regiment 
was without food, and two trucks of rations were rushed up and delivered, 
but as the Regiment had already eaten and was about to form, the rations 
were left at the station at Briquenay under guard, and were eaten three days 
later when the Regiment came by them on their way out of the line. 

The R. S. O. was notified that this truck of rations had been delivered 
but not that it had been left behind, and as no rations were delivered to 
him the next day. the truck ration being considered his issue, he had some 
coffee, rice and bacon, (that being the only surplus except a little bread), 
cooked and sent on in G. S. wagons. This never connected as the road was 
blown in places, and had not been made passable. The Regiment fortunately 
captured some German bread and made out on that after a fashion. 

The same night after conflicting orders were straightened out, the kitchens, 
water carts and what limbers and G. S. wagons could be double teamed, 
were started north. A truck load of rations which had fought a faulty 
magneto as far as Authe, under guidance of one of the B. S. O.s was held 
there as a nucleus by the R. S. O., who later annexed three truck loads of 
rations and .forage that came in there looking for a home. 

The transport of two battalions arrived during the night, and six kitchens 
were put to work at once preparing the best and ample meal that the ration 
would afford. This was fed to the Regiment on the rise south of Verrieres, 
as it returned from relief, and the kitchens returned to Authe. 

Road blocks made it impossible to send the kitchens with the Regiment 
which slept at Germont, but they were re-stocked and as soon as the road 
cleared were routed direct to Marcq. where they arrived ahead of the troops 
and served a good meal within an hour of the arrival of the Regiment. 

From there the system of battalion supply was resumed and the ordinary 
routine followed. 

Ammunition was handled entirely by Division after the Regiment went 
into the line. 



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The Headquarters and Machine Gun Companies drew their supplies from 
the regimental dump and handled their own cooking and delivery arrange- 
ments, as the Machine Gun Company was in the line very little, and the 
platoons of Headquarters Company were fed by the battalion to which they 
were attached ; this seemed the easiest way to handle it. 

One kitchen was permanently located near the forward P. C. and fed 
the personnel there. Rations for this kitchen were sent up separately each 
night. 

Salvage was sent to Railhead on returning ration trucks. 

Clothing, etc., except socks which were sent to the front line, were held 
and delivered only to the battalion in reserve, or at the baths. 

Overshoes were drawn and issued, but were useless as the troops discarded 
them as soon as they moved. 

The ration during the whole time in the Argonne had a big percentage 
of bacon in it. This was accumulated as there seemed no way to cook it 
and have it palatable, but the experiment was tried of cutting it thin and 
cooking very crisp. This kept it from packing very closely, and when sent to 
the lines in large mouthed cans, was a decided success, and it went very well 
with bread or hard bread, and only a couple of inches in the bottom of the 
can was too greasy to use. 

The mistake was made, and persisted in longer than it should have been, 
of using marmites for rations. They are too big for one man to carry, and 
food goes sour if left in them after the can has been opened, served from, 
and closed again. Marmites of about two gallon capacity would be much 
more practical, but the milk can answers most purposes better. 

A Supply Company should have the same personnel as a Rifle Company, 
except that it needs only sixteen corporals instead of 32. Divided into four 
platoons, or units, each a complete miniature company, in itself, each function- 
ing for its own battalion would work better than the present method of having 
about 100 men always on S. D. to it. 

In the transport all animals should be driven from the vehicle instead of 
being ridden as with a limber, and a good cut under wagon without reach, 
is better than a limber for any purpose. 

Brakemen afoot as is the British custom has no advantage, and could be 
overcome by designing a brake operated from the seat, which would hold. 
A brakeman with a pack on his back is of no use anyway, as the pack throws 
him when he stoops to handle the brake. 

Mules are to horses about ten to six in general value and utility, and 
they cut the necessary forage about 25 percent. 

The writer believes that it would be possible to entirely motorize a Supply 
Company and do the work with a Company of the present strength only. 

L. EMMERTON, 

Captain, 310th Infantry, R. S. O. 



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REPORT OF 310TH MEDICAL DETACHMENT, ARGONNE SECTOR 

On the night of October 15-16, 1918, the 310th Infantry with one company 
of the 308th Machine Gun Battalion moved Northward from La Viergette 
in the Argonne Forest through Pylone to the rehef of the 306lh Infantry. 

The Second and Third Battalion of the 310th Infantry, accompanied by 
one company of the 308th Machine Gun Battalion; and the Machine Gun 
Company of the 310th Infantry, crossed the Aire River north of 
Marcq and took a position one-half kilometer north of the Aire 
River and west of St, Juvin (from 94.7-85.8 eastward to 96.0-86.3, Buzancy 
map 1 :20,000.) The First Battalion was held in the Brigade Reserve at 
La Besogne south of the Aire River. The advance Regimental P. C. was 
established on a hill top about one and one-half kilometers south of Marcq. 
(95.8-82.9 Buzancy map 1:20,000.) 

The Sanitary Detachments accompanied their respective Battalions ; the 
surgeons of the Second and Third Battalions sending word back by runners to 
Regimental P. C. that they had established a Joint Aid Station along the road 
south of St. Juvin (St. Juvin-Fleville Road) where wounded were being 
collected. Regimental Surgeon sent word by runner to Ambulance Company 
stationed at La Besogne as to location of Battalion Aid Stations, also request 
for supplies and dressings since only so much of same was on hand as Sanitary 
Personnel were able to carry with them, the Medical carts having been left 
behind. 

The attack on the morning of the 16th of October, 1918 was in a general 
Northward direction from the line given as occupied by the Second and Third 
Battalions, toward the Bois des Loges. 

Further report of subsequent activities is made by Captain Charles W, 
Vates who became acting Regimental Surgeon after the evacuation of Major 
John J. Goodwill, sick to Hospital. 

October 15-16 the First Battalion 310th Infantry Sanitary Detachment, took 
over the Medical Station established by the 77th Division at the Forks of the 
road leading from La Besogne to Chevieres and from La Besogne to Marcq. 
On account of marching orders received we had no surplus supplies and after 
some persuasion obtained from the Lieutenant in charge of the station his 
stock of supplies. The fortune of battle not being favorable, the joint Aid 
station of the Second and Third Battalions which had been moved forward 
north of the Grand Pre-St. Juvin Road was moved back to St. Juvin and 
located at the cross road leading to the bridge across the Aire River toward 
Marcq and the St. Juvin-Fleville road. At this time the First Battalion Aid 
Station was moved from La Besogne to Marcq, twelve hours later to St. 
Juvin, forming a regimental station. At this station were treated all persons 



174 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OEEENSRE 

applying for aid or who were brought to the station. The station also acted 
as an advance collecting station and evacuated all the patients treated by the 
309th Infantry Aid Station, and many from the 80th Division. 

During the period of October 17 to 28, 1918, the station was maintained 
at the same location and continued to function as stated above. At this time 
we had associated with us two men of the Y. M. C. A. wdio supplied hot 
chocolate to the wounded as well as to many men in, or going into the line. 
The men supplying chocolate in five gallon cans and the men carrying these 
cans in their rations details. 

On October 28, 1918 this station was closed for military reasons and moved 
across the Aire River to a point about 200 yards south of Cheviers, on the 
north side of the Cheviers-Marcq road, wounded men being evacuated across 
the river bottom and river. On November 1, at 4:00 A. M. the station was 
moved one kilometer north along the Grand Prc-St. Juvin Road occupying the 
old Third Battalion headquarters. They remained in this location for thirty- 
six hours. 

Late in the afternoon of November 2, 1918 the personnel and officers went 
forward carrying all the Aid equipment possible to Beffu et le Morthomme 
and remained there for the night. Early in the morning of November 3rd the 
march was resumed and continued into Buzancy where a station w^as 
maintained for three hours, until a runner sent to the C. O. of the advancing 
troops returned with information. The station was then closed and the 
personnel and officers advanced northward to Authe where they rested for the 
night. The following day, after a personal reconaissance by the C. O., the 
personnel w^ent forw^ard under the command of Lieut. D. B. Jarrell, M. C, 
wath equipment to Verrieres where a station w^as opened and about twenty 
injured men treated. Captain Vates remaining in Authe sick. 

During the entire period of O'ctober 15 to November 6 there was one 
First Aid man from the Sanitary Detachment constantly on duty with each 
Company except during the drive of November 1st to November 6th, when 
the Aid men of the two attacking- battalions were placed behind the second 
wave to better render aid and not interfere with the second wave of assault. 

Liaison was maintained with the rear by Special Details from the Ambu- 
lance Companies. And, while not always with the troops yet we never lost 
contact with the advance and kept well posted at all times as to their location. 
Our advances, in moving stations, w^ere made almost entirely by road while 
the troops advanced across country, all wounded being directed to walk or 
were carried to the road side. We were always kept informed of proposed 
attacks and of various means of ofifense and defence so that methodical plans 
could be formulated for the establishment of Aid Stations and the handling 
of the wounded, P -^ ^ . —p,^. 

Regimental Surgeon 310th Infantry 



CITATIONS 

and 

AWARDS OF MILITARY DECORATIOXS 

(Mcusc-Arg-onne Offensive) 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 177 



DIVISION HEADQUARTERS 

November 12, 1918. 

MEMORANDUM: 

The following telegram from the Commanding General, 1st Army, and the 
comments by the Corps Commander are republished : 

"Widewing, Nov. 5-6. 

"Commanding General, 1st Corps. 

"Number 238 sec G. S. The army commander desired that you be 
informed of his full appreciation of the excellent work done by your 
corps during the last 3 days. He realizes fully the special efforts exerted 
and spirit that has prompted the troops of your command during these 
operations. The rapidity of the advance, notwithstanding hostile opera- 
tions, has been remarkable and prevented the enemy from reorganizing. 
The result has been to force the enemy back on his whole front. The 
army commander desired that you transmit his congratulations and 
appreciation to the troops of your command for this work. 

"DRUM." 

"To the foregoing the Corps Commander desired to record his warm 
congratulations and appreciation of the work done by the divisions of 
the Corps. 

"He desires that the foregoing commendation be communicated to all 
concerned, including especially the engineers, signalmen, supply and labor 
troops, without whose splendid efforts the results attained could not have 
been accomplished. 

"By Command of Major General Dickman: 

"MALIN CRAIG, 

"Chief ot btaff." 

The Commanding General feels that the foregoing praise is well deserved 
by the officers and men of this division. By their gallantry, fortitude and 
perseverance the capture of the heights of Grand Pre, the Bois des Loges, 
and in the subsequent pursuit of the enemy in his retreat to Sedan, they merit 
and are assured of the gratitude of their country. 

By Command of Major General McRae : 

A. J. L'HEUREUX, 
Acting Adjutant. 



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G. H. Q. 

AA[ERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 

France, November 13, 1918. 
GENERAL ORDERS 
No. 204 

The following communication from the Commander in Chief of the 
Allied Armies is published to the command : 

G. Q. G. A, le 12 Novembre, 1918. 

OFFICERS, SOUS-OFFICERS, SOLDATS DES ARMfiES ALLIfiES : 

Apres avoir resolument arrete I'ennemi, vous I'avez, pendant des mois, 
avec une foi et une energie inlassables, attaque sans repit. 

Vous avez gagne la plus grande bataille de I'Histoire et sauve la cause 
la plus sacree: la Liberte du Monde. 

Soyez fiers ! 

D'une gloire immortelle vous avez pare vos drapcaux. 

La Posterite vous garde sa reconnaissance. 

Le Marechal dc France, 
Commandant en Chef les Armees AlHees : 

FOCH. 
By Command of General Pershing: 



Official : 

Robert C. Davis, 

Adjutant General. 



JAMES W. McANDREW 

Chief of Staff 



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G. H. Q. 
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 

GENERAL ORDERS France, December 19, 1918. 

No. 232 

It is with a sense of gratitude for its splendid accomplishment, which 
will live through all history, that I record in General Orders a tribute 
to the victory of the First Army in the Meuse — Argonne battle. 

Tested and strengthened by the reduction of the St. Mihiel salient, for 
more than six weeks you battered against the pivot of the enemy line on 
the western front. It was a position of imposing natural strength, stretching 
on both sides of the Meuse River from the bitterly contested hills of Verdun 
to the almost impenetrable forest of the Argonne; a position, moreover, 
fortified by four years of labor designed to render it impregnable; a position 
held with the fullest resources of the enemy. That position you broke 
utterly, and thereby hastened the collapse of the enemy's military power. 

Soldiers of all of the divisions engaged under the First, Third and 
Fifth American Corps and the Second Colonial and Seventeenth French 
Corps— the 1st, 2nd. 3rd, 4th, 5th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 32nd, 33rd, 35th, 37th, 
42nd, 77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 89th, 90th and 91st American 
divisions, the 18th and 26th French divisions, and the 10th and 15th French 
Colonial divisions — you will be long remembered for the stubborn persistence 
of your progress, your storming of obstinately defended machine gun nests, 
your penetration, yard by 3'ard, of woods and ravines, your heroic resistance 
in the face of counter-attacks supported by powerful artillery fire. F'or 
more than a month, from the initial attack of September 26th, you fought 
your way slowly through the Argonne, through the woods and over hills 
west of the Meuse ; you slowly enlarged your hold on the Cotes de Meuse 
to the east, and then, on the 1st of November, your attack forced the 
enemy into flight. Pressing his retreat, you cleared the entire left bank 
of the Meuse south of Sedan, and then stormed the heights on the right 
bank and drove him into the plain beyond. 

Soldiers of all army and corps troops engaged — to you no less credit 
is due; your steadfast adherance to duty and your dogged determination in 
the face of all obstacles made possible the heroic deeds cited above. 

The achievement of the First Army which is scarcely to be equalled in 
American history, must remain a source of proud satisfaction to the troops 
who participated in the last campaign of the war. The American people 
will remember it as the realization of the hitherto potential strengtli of the 
.American contribution toward the cause to which they had sworn allegiance. 
There can be no greater reward for a soldier or for a soldier's memory. 

This order will be read to all organizations at the first assembly 
formation after its receipt. 

JOHN J. PERSHING. 

General, Commander in Chief 
Official : American Expeditionary Forces. 

ROBERT C. DAVIS, 
Adjutant General. 



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AWARDS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSSES 

The Commander-in-Chief, American Expeditionary Forces, in 
the name of the President, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross 
to the following officers and enlisted men of the 310th Infantry, for 
extraordinary heroism in action (Meuse-Argonne Offensive) : 

SECOND LIEUTENANT MATTHEW E. CONKLIN, 310th 
Infantry. 

''October 16, 1918. Lieutenant Conklin, then in command 
of Company "G," 310th Infantry, gave splendid proof of 
unhesitating courage while leading the company in an advance 
across an open area under heavy enemy artillery and machine 
gun fire at St. Juvin. He was hit by a piece of high explosive 
shell, but in spite of his wound continued to lead his com- 
pany, wading the Agron River, and advancing across an open 
field to a hillside, oversav/ the digging-in of the men for the 
night before returning for first aid, after which he was 
evacuated to the hospital." 
He was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross, March 
26, 1919, by the Commander-in-Chief, American Expeditionary 
Forces, General John J. Pershing, near Les Laumes, France. 

SERGEANT JOHN H. SECOR, Company "M," 310th Infantry, 
(Deceased). 

"October 18, 1918. Sergeant John H. Secor, after having 
been painfully wounded in the foot, remained with his platoon 
and went over the top with them in advance of the Third 
Battalion, 310th Infantry, near St. Juvin, France. He gal- 
lantly assisted the platoon leader in the advance until he was 
again wounded, this wound rendering him physically unable 
to advance further. This example of bravery helped greatly 
in the successful advance of this platoon." 
He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross 
in January, 1919. The decoration and citation were transmitted to 
his next of kin. 

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ANTHONY BUONOMO, Company 
"F," 310th Infantry. 

"October 19, 1918. Private First Class Buonomo was 
voluntarily acting as guide on a reconnaissance with an officer, 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 181 

when the latter was severely wounded by a bursting shell. 
Having himself been struck by a shell fragment, he disre- 
garded his own injuries but immediately bandaged the officer's 
wound and assisted him to the dressing station, 800 meters 
away, across an open field swept by shell fire. He then vol- 
unteered to return to Division Headquarters through intense 
artillery fire to report that the reconnaissance had nor been 
completed." 
He was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross, March 
26, 1919, by the Commander-in-Chief, American Expeditionary 
Forces, General John J. Pershing, near Les Laumes, France. 

SERGEANT LEWIS E. WHITEHEAD, (then Corporal) Machine 
Gun Company, 310th Infantry. 

"On October 16, 1918, after giving first aid to his Platoon 
Leader and Platoon Sergeant, who had been wounded during 
intense shell fire under which the advance of the 310th Infantry 
from St. Juvin towards Grandpre was proceeding, unhesi- 
tatingly assumed command of his platoon of the Machine Gun 
Company and without delay led them forward in attack in the 
face of concentrated enemy artillery and machine gun fire, 
reaching the objective and effectively protecting the exposed 
flank of the assaulting Battalion of Infantry with his two 
guns. The coolness and leadership displayed by Corporal 
Whitehead set an example to the rest of his platoon which 
resulted in a steady advance over most difficult ground. The 
w^ork of this platoon contributed very materially to the suc- 
cessful advance at this point." 
He was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross, January 

19, 1919, by the Division Commander, Major General James H. 

McRae, at Vic de Chassenay, France. 

CORPORAL JULIUS A. PIAZZANI, Company "F," 310th 
Infantry. 

"October 19, 1918. Corporal Piazzani, during a period 
when the advance of his battalion had been held up and the 
men were dug in, noticed a severely wounded man about two 
hundred and fifty (250) yards in advance of the front line. 
With great gallantry and without hesitation he forsook his 
shelter and crossed the space between and bandaged the wound 
of the soldier lying there. Returning, he gave information 



182 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

to the stretcher bearers which enabled them to locate and 
bring in this man, and beyond question saved his life. Dur- 
ing this whole time the ground was swept by fierce enemy 
artillery and machine gun fire. This act of heroism and 
humanity was entirely outside of any call of duty." 
He was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross, January 

19, 1919, by the Division Commander, Major General James H. 

McRae, at Vic de Chassenay, France. 

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ESRIC C. GUMBS, Company "E," 
310th Infantry. 

"November 2, 1918, to November 4, 1918, Private First 
Class Gumbs, while acting as Battalion Runner during the 
advance of his battalion from Authe to Sy, gave proof of 
unhesitating devotion to duty by carrying .messages to com- 
panies on either flank. He repeatedly and luihesitatingly 
crossed areas constantly swept by shell fire and machine gun 
fire. His work in maintaining communication between Bat- 
talion Commander and flank companies materially assisted in 
the successful advance of the battalion." 
He was presented with the Distinguished Service Medal, January 
19, 1919, by the Division Commander, Major General James H. 
McRae, at Vic de Chassenay, France. 

PRIVATE FRANK J. SEMPLE. Company 'T," 310di Infantry. 

''Private Semple, Battalion Runner, during the advance 
of his battalion on November 1, 1918, through the Bois des 
Loges, with great gallantry and disregard of personal danger 
carried a message from Battalion Headquarters to a detach- 
ment on extreme left flank after two runners immediately 
preceding him had been killed endeavoring to deliver the same 
message. His path lay over ground continually swept by 
enemy machine guns and the preceding runners had been killed 
in his sight. His success in delivering this important message 
materially aided the Battalion Commander in connecting up the 
units of his command and contributed largely to the final 
success of the operations. Private Semple could not have 
been fairly censured for any failure to perform this mission." 
He was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross, January 

19, 1919, by the Division Commander, Major General James H. 

McRae, at Vic de Chassenay, France. 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 183 



AWARDS OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL 

The Commander-in-Chief, American Expeditionary Forces, in 
the name of the President, awarded the Distinguished Service Medal 
to the commanding officer of the 310th Infantry for exceptionally 
meritorious and distinsfuished services : 



^fe' 



COLONEL WALTER C. BABCOCK, 310th Infantry. 

'Tn command of the 310th Infantry, he displayed marked 
ability alike in its organization and training and in the field. 
In offensive operations against the enemy, he led his command 
with exceptional judgment and tactical ability, showing him- 
self always possessed of a full grasp of the situation and its 
needs, and keeping his higher commanders at all times in- 
formed of the conditions as he learned them by personal 
reconnaissance. He was untiring in energy and devotion to 
the important tasks assigned him, acting unhesitatingly and 
successfully in times of emergency." 

He was presented with the Distinguished Service Medal, June 27, 
1919, by the Secretary of War at tlie War Department, Washington. 
D. C. 



184 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OFFICIALLY CITED FOR 
GALLANTRY IN ACTION BY G. H. Q, A. E. F. 

The following named officers and enlisted men of the American Expedi- 
tionary Forces are cited for gallantry in action and are entitled to wear a 
silver star on the Victory Medal ribbon, as prescribed by Par. 1, G075, 
c. s. these headquarters : 

Citation Orders No. 1, G. H. Q., A. E. F., June 3, 1919. 
Sgt. Alan F. Arnold, Intelligence Section, 310th Infantry. 

For gallantry in action at Mon Plaisir Farm, France, 22 September, 
1918, in establishing an observation post. 

Cpl. George Conroy, Co. "F", 310th Infantry. 

For gallantry in action near Bois des Loges, France, 20, October, 1918, 
in bringing in a wounded comrade under machine gun and artillery fire. 

Citation Orders No. 2, G. H. Q., A. E. F., June 3, 1919. 

2nd Lieut. Ralph A. Freel, 310th Infantry. 

For gallantry in action during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, France, 17, 
October, 1918, in repeatedly organizing and leading small groups of men 
against the enemy. 

Citation Orders No. 3, G. H. Q., A. E. F., June 3, 1919. 
Sgt. James J. Johnson, Co. "M", 310th Infantry. 

For gallantry in action during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, France, 17, 
October, 1918, in repeatedly organizing and leading small groups against the 
enemy. 

1st Lieut. Edwin F, Korkus, 310th Infantry. 

For gallantry in action during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, France, 17, 
October, 1918, in repeatedly organizing and leading small groups against 
the enemy. 

1st Lieut. Dudley G. Lester, Supply Officer, 3rd Bn., 310th Infantry. 

For gallantry in action 16 October, 1918, near St. Juvin, France, in 
reconnoitering and locating his battalion and going over the top with them, 
and in returning and securing rations for the men, this under heavy enemy 
fire. 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 185 

Citation Orders No. 4, G. H. Q., A. E. F., June 3, 1919. 
Major Wood L. Ray, 310th Infantry. 

For gallantry in action northwest of St. Juvin, 16 October, 1918, in 
the Bois des Loges, and for brilliant leadership. 

1st Lieut. Harry J. Sargent, 310th Infantry. 

For gallantry in action near St. Juvin, France, 16 October, 1918, in 
extinguishing a fire in an ammunition dump under heavy shell fire. 

Sgt. George E. Sessions, Hdqrs. Co., 310th Infantry. 

For gallantry in action near the Bois des Loges, France, 1 November, 
1918, in establishing telephone communications under heavy artillery and 
machine gun fire. 

Pvt. 1st CI. Chester F. Straw, MG. Co., 310th Infantry. 

For gallantry in action near Thiaucourt, France, 28 September, 1918, 
in giving first aid to a wounded soldier under heavy shell fire. 

1st Sgt. Eugene F. Hourihan, Co. "H" 310th Infantry. 

For gallantry in action in the Bois des Loges, France, 20 October, 1918, 
in assuming command of and brilliantly leading his company. 

Cpl. William F. Klatte, Co. "F", 310th Infantry. 

For gallantry in action near Mon Plaisir Farm, France, 19 September, 
1918, in assuming command of his section and brilliantly leading it forward. 



CITATIONS FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE 

The recipients of the citation of "Meritorious Service" were not cited 
in orders by the Commander-in-Chief, and therefore no complete list is 
available for publicatiorL 



186 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 



OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OFFICIALLY CITED 

AND RECOMMENDED BY THE REGIMENTAL 

COMMANDER FOR DECORATION 

CAPTAIN CHARLES W. VATES, Medical Detachment, 310th 
Infantry. 

"Captain Vates, as Battalion Surgeon, First Battalion, 
310th Infantry, during the operations north of Thiaucourt, 
showed a devotion to duty that called for the admiration of 
both officers and men. So long as there were wounded to 
care for he took no account of sleep or food but continued 
without respite at his work until all the wounded had been 
dressed. At St. Juvin, in the Bois des Loges and to the north 
thereof, Captain Vates, as Acting Regimental Surgeon, made 
repeated visits daily, under heavy shell fire, to all Regimental 
Aid Stations where he personally assisted the greatly reduced 
numbers of the Regimental Sanitary Personnel in administer- 
ing aid to the large numbers of wounded. Sick from the con- 
centration of mustard gas in the town of St. Juvin, his con- 
dition aggravated by his overwork in care of the wounded, 
he nevertheless continued to closely follow the advance, 
selecting locations for dressing stations until Authe was 
reached where his subordinates, realizing the seriousness of 
his physical condition, prevailed upon him to go to the rear. 
His perseverence was an inspiration to the entire Regimental 
Sanitary Detachment." 

FIRST LIEUTENANT KENNETH F. CRAMER, Intelligence 
Officer, Second Battalion, 310th Infantry. 

"Lieutenant Cramer, during the night of September 28, 
1918, when a ration party from Company *G' had been badly 
shot up by heavy shell fire, gave proof of unhesitating courage 
and devotion by going forward and crossing an area swept 
by enemy artillery and machine gun fire, bandaging the 
wounded while under fire and himself carrying the wounded 
to a place of safety in our lines, thereby undou]:)tedly saving 
their lives." 



THE MEUSE^ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 187 

FIRST SERGEANT EUGENE F. HOURIHAN, Company "H," 
310 Infantry. 

*'On October 20, 1918, in the Bois des Loges, France, First 
Sergeant Hourihan, though ill and suffering from gas poison- 
ing, refused to be evacuated and remained with his company, 
exposing himself continually to heavy enemy artillery and 
machine gun fire in his efforts to assist his Company Com- 
mander, the sole commissioned officer remaining with his 
company. Later, when the only remaining officer was evacu- 
ated, wounded, First Sergeant Hourihan assumed command of 
the company and successfully continued to carry out the orders 
of the Battalion Commander." 



CORPORAL GEORGE CONROY, Company "F," 310th Infantry. 
''Corporal Conroy, during a period when the advance of his 
battalion had been held up by hostile machine guns and the 
men were dug in, gave proof of unhesitating courage and 
extraordinary heroism by voluntarily crossing a hundred yards 
of open ground between the front line of his company and the 
enemy's position, through enfilade fire of enemy machine guns 
and under heavy enemy artillery fire, to the successful rescue 
of a comrade who was wounded and lying in No Man's Land.'' 

CORPORAL FRANCIS O. NUGENT, Company "F," 310th 
Infantry (Deceased). 

''Corporal Nugent, while commanding a platoon of his 
company in the Bois des Loges, gave proof of extraordinary 
courage and devotion to duty, inspiring great confidence and 
steadiness in his men, by continually exposing himself to 
enemy fire in his efforts to meet with his platoon the rapidly 
changing situations in his front. His personal example of. 
fearlessness by leading his platoon across the open ground 
towards the Bois des Loges inspired his platoon to greater 
efforts and called forth the admiration of all his company 
officers. Finally, as his platoon was about to gain its imme- 
diate objective, he was mortally wounded by machine gun 
fire, dying before he could be evacuated to the rear." 



188 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

CORPORAL CARL O'NEIL, Company "G," 310th Infantry. 

"Corporal O'Neil gave proof of high courage and splendid 
devotion to duty while guiding Company "K," 310th Infantry, 
to the relief of his own company, near Thiaucourt, France. 
He was wounded by shrapnel on his way to meet the relief, 
but continued his course, met the relieving company and 
returned with it to his own company. He saw that the new 
company w^as correctly placed, reported this fact to his 
superiors and marched out with his company as far as the 
First Aid Station where he stopped for treatment and was 
evacuated to hospital." 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 189 

CITATIONS PUBLISHED IN GENERAL ORDERS 

HEADQUARTERS 78TH DIVISION 

OF OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE 

310TH INFANTRY 

COLONEL WALTER C BABCOCK, Commanding 310th Infantry. 
"During the advance of the 310th Infantry through the 
Bois des Loges and throughout the ensuing period of four 
days, Colonel Babcock displayed qualities of leadership and 
of coolness that were inspiring to his regiment. His grasp 
of the situation was at all times complete. His handling of 
his support, the disposition of his forces, the care of his men, 
and his energy in getting forward ammunition, supplies and 
food were worthy of the best traditions of our Army." 
This citation was published in General Orders, No. 7, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, April 4, 1919. 

MAJOR (then Captain) WOOD L. RAY, 310th Infantry. 

"On October 16, 1918, northwest of St. Juvin led his 
company with exceptional bravery and skill. The conipany 
had become separated from the balance of the battalion in the 
Bois des Loges and was confronted on three sides by hostile 
machine guns and was under heavy fire. By skillful 
maneuvering, Captain Ray succeeded in extricating his com- 
pany, together with prisoners which he had captured, with 
the loss of only two (2) men wounded." 
This citation was published in General Orders, No. 7, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, April 4, 1919. 

CAPTAIN RAYMOND L. THOMPSON, Regimental Operations 
und Intelligence Officer, 310th Infantry. 

"Captain Thompson in the performance of his duties 
evinced a devotion and a disregard for personal safety which 
was an inspiration to all. in his prompt establishment of 
observation posts and in his hazardous visits thereto. The 
promptness with which information thus obtained was fonnu- 



190 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

lated in reports and transmitted contributed largely to the 
success of the regimental operations." 
This citation was pubhshed in General Orders, No. 10, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, May 9, 1919 

FIRST LIEUTENANT WALTER JONES, 310th Infantry. 

''First Lieutenant Jones was in charge of the Division 
Headquarters Message Center throughout operations. Its 
organization and successful administration under conditions 
encountered by the division, especially during its advance in 
the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, was a credit to this officer at 
all times." 
This citation was published in General Orders, No. 10, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, May 9, 1919 

FIRST LIEUTENANT DUDLEY G. LESTER, 310th Infantry. 
"Lieutenant Lester, Battalion Supply Officer, with excep- 
tional courage and great devotion to duty, on the afternoon 
of October 16, 1918, during the advance of his battalion near 
St. Juvin, France, having only an approximate idea as to the 
location of his battalion, reconnoitered and located his bat- 
talion, arriving just in time to go over the top with them, and 
followed them until they were halted by darkness. He then 
collected a carrying party, brought them back to the transport 
and personally guided them on their return to the front line 
w^ith hot rations for the men. All of this was accomplished 
under heavy artillery and machine gun fire. Large quantities 
of gas shells made the continual wearing of gas masks neces- 
sary. This officer's persistence enabled the men who had 
been without hot food for over a day, to obtain stimulation of 
hot food before going on with the attack." 
This citation was ptiblished in General Orders, No. 6, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, March 17, 1919. 

FIRST LIEUTENANT HARRY J. SARGENT, 310th Infantry. 
''Lieutenant Sargent, Transport Officer, Third Battalion, 
on October 16, 1918, near St. Juvin, was in charge of battalion 
transport carrying hot rations for his battalion, about to par- 
ticipate in an attack. Lieutenant Sargent, not knowing the 
exact position of the battalion or place where rations were to 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 191 

be sent, reconnoitered the ground until he finally located the 
front line, arriving just about when they were to 'jump oft".' 
, Unarmed, he followed the assaulting wave until they were at 
the position which they were to occupy for the night, assisting 
the wounded during the advance. He then went back to the 
transport and brought it up under heavy enemy artillery fire, 
gas being mixed with high explosives in such quantities that 
it was necessary for all to wear gas masks. After rations 
were unloaded from transport and carrying parties had been 
dispatched to the front line with same, Lieutenant Sargent col- 
lected his transport and conducted it safely to the rear. Due 
to peculiar conditions of the ground and enemy artillery fire 
this withdrawal called for great courage, judgment and 
leadership." 
This citation was published in General Orders, No. 6, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, March 17, 1919. 

FIRST LIEUTENANT EDWIN F. KORKUS, Company' "M," 
310th Infantry. 

''Lieutenant Korkus gave proof of unhesitating courage 
and energy during the withdrawal of his company in tlie 
offensive operations of October 17, 1918, by repeatedly organ- 
izing and leading small groups of men against the enemy, thus 
permitting the company to withdraw with prisoners and only 
two men slightly wounded. Due to the detachment of the 
company and its being surrounded on three sides by enemy 
machine guns and infantry, the successful withdrawal of the 
company was largely attributable to the efforts of Lieutenant 
Korkus." 
This citation was published in General Orders, No. 11, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, May 10, 1919. 

SECOND LIEUTENANT RALPH A. FREEL, Companv "M," 
310th Infantry. 

"Lieutenant Freel gave proof of unhesitating courage and 
energy during the withdrawal of his company in the offensive 
operations in the Bois des Loges near Champigneul. France, 
repeatedly organizing and leading small groups of men against 
the enemy, thus permitting the company to withdraw with 



192 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

prisoners and with slight casualties, from a position of great 
danger." 
This citation was published in General Orders, No. 11, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, May 10, 1919. 

FIRST SERGEANT PAUL ZILIK, Machine Gun Company, 310th 
Infantry. 

"First Sergeant Zilik, on November 5, 1918, in the Bois de 
Sy, materially impaired the enemy's resistence to our advance 
when the infantry was held up by machine gun and minen- 
werfer fire from entrenched positions. Observing a party of 
about thirty Germans proceeding to these positions, he imme- 
diately jumped to one of the machine guns and opened fire, 
dispersing the Germans and silencing the fire from that direc- 
tion. Although he was under fire from another German 
machine gun, he continued firing until ordered to cease." 
This citation was published in General Orders, No. 11, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, May 10, 1919. 

SERGEANT JAMES J. JOHNSON, Company "M," 310th 
Infantry. 

** Sergeant Johnson gave proof of unhesitating courage dur- 
ing the withdrawal of his company in the offensive operations 
of October 17, 1918, by repeatedly organizing and leading 
small groups of men against the enemy, thus permitting the 
company to withdraw with prisoners and few casualties, from 
a position of great danger." 
This citation was published in General Orders, No. 11, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, May 10, 1919. 

SERGEANT GEORGE E. SESSIONS, Headquarters Company, 
310th Infantry. 

"Sergeant Sessions, on the morning of November 1, 1918, 
during the advance of his battalion between Beffu et le Mor- 
thomme and the Bois des Loges, succeeded in bringing up 
heavy coils of signal wire and establishing and maintaining 
telephonic communication between the front line and the rear 
battalion P.C. The work of establishing, as well as main- 
taining this line, was carried out under heavy enemy artillery 
and machine gun fire. The great courage displayed by Ser- 
geant Sessions inspired his men to the great efforts necessary 
to maintain communication." 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 193 

This citation was published in General Orders, No. 7, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, April 4, 1919. 

CORPORAL WILLIAM F. KLATTE, Company 'T," 310th 
Infantry. 

"Corporal Klatte, assuming command of his half platoon, 
after his superior officer had been seriously wounded, showed 
great qualities of leadership and courage in reorganizing his 
men who had been completely disorganized by intense enemy 
shell fire, and with an utter disregard of personal safety, so 
inspired the few remaining men in his platoon that the posi- 
tion, which was on an exposed flank and being continually 
shelled, was maintained and the safety of the entire line was 
assured." 
This citation was published in General Orders, No. 6, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, March 17, 1919. 

FIRST SERGEANT ANTONIO G. WALDO, Company C, 310th 
Infantry. 

"First Sergeant Waldo displayed exceptional courage and 
leadership in taking command of his company on November 
1, 1918, after all the officers had been wounded. He held an 
advanced position with the company throughout the night of 
November 1, 1918, and on the morning of November 2nd, 
when he received orders to advance, led his company through 
the Bois des Loges, arriving at the objective on schedule time. 
On the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of November he likewise led his 
company against enemy machine guns and by skillful 
maneuvering of patrols succeeded in reducing such resistance. 
He has at all times shown great bravery and devotion to duty 
in leading men given over to his charge." 
This citation was published in General Orders, No. 6, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, March 17, 1919. 

MESS SERGEANT PATRICK H. GILLERAN, Machine Gun 
Company, 310th Infantry. 

"Sergeant Gilleran, October 3, 1918, though burned and 
• gassed by enemy shell fire, continued for twelve hours to cook 
and to furnish meals to his company until ordered evacuated 
by his Company Commander." 
This citation was published in General Orders, No. 11, Head- 
quarters 78th Division, May 10, 1919. 



194 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

« 
FOREIGN CITATIONS— CROIX DE GUERRE 

SECOND LIEUjTENANT FORREST A. SMITH, Company 
'^H," 310th Infantry. 

"Officier remarquable de courage et d'allant. Le 25 Mars 
1918, se trouvant en premiere ligne au moment d'une attaque 
ennemie, a poursuivi tres loin I'ennemi mis en fuite, malgre 
le tir de mitrailleuse qui couvrait cette retraite." 
Citation published March 30, 1918. 

SECOND LIEUTENANT MATTHEW E. CONKLIN, 310th 
Infantry. 

"Officer endowed with remarkable courage. Wounded 

when leading his company forward, permitted himself to be 

evacuated only after he had found out a convenient position 

for his unit." 

The Marshal of France, Petain, authorized the award, April 13, 

1919, and the presentation of the decoration was made May 10, 1919, 

at Bordeaux, France. 

SERGEANT (then Corporal) LEWIS E. WHITEHEAD, Machine 
Gun Company, 310th Infantry. 

"Corporal, very courageous, took command of his platoon 

when his officer was wounded and, despite heavy gun and 

machine gun shelling, reached the objective assigned." 

The Marshal of France, Petain, authorized the award, April 13, 

1919, and the presentation of the decoration was made May 10, 1919, 

at Bordeaux, France. 

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ESRIC C GUMBS, Company "E," 
310th Infantry. 

"Soldier of a great courage. Agent of Liaison, con- 
tributed through his courageous attitude to his battalion's 
advance, not hesitating to cross over rapidly a zone submitted 
to a very intensive machine gun fire to bring messages from 
one Company to another." 
The Marshal of France, Petain, authorized the award, April 13, 
1919, and the presentation of the decoration was made May 10, 1919, 
at Bordeaux, France. 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 195 

CROIX DE GUERRE (Cont.) 

PRIVATE FRANCIS A. DUFFY, Sanitary Detachment, 310th 
Infantry. 

^'Soldier of great self-sacrifice, stayed in the first lines of 
trenches under heavy artillery fire, giving first aid to forty 
(40) wounded soldiers. During his company's forward pro- 
gression, followed it right immediately behind the first storm- 
ing wave." 
The Marshal of France, Petain, authorized the award, April 13, 
1919, and the presentation of the decoration was made May 10, 1919, 
at Bordeaux, France. 



CROCE AL MERITO DI GUERRA 

CORPORAL JULIUS A. PIAZZANI, Company "F." 

"The King of Italy has wished that this decoration, which 
in Italy is given to reward those who most distinguished 
themselves in action, should be awarded to you in recognition 
of the gallantry you have shown and of the merit you have 
thereby acquired for the common cause, even though you 
have not fought in Italy." 
The Chief of the Italian Mission, in the name of Victor Emanuel 
III, authorized the award, June 8, 1919. 

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ANTFIONY BUONOMO, Com- 
pany *T." 

''The King of Italy has wished that this decoration, ^yhlch 
in Italy is given to reward those who most distinguished 
themselves in action, should be awarded to you in recognition 
of the gallantry you have shown and of the merit you have 
thereby acquired for the common cause, even though you 
have not fought in Italy." 
The Chief of the Italian Mission, in the name of Victor Emanuel 
III, authorized the award, June 8, 1919. 



196 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 



ORDRE DE LA COURONNE 

SECOND LIEUTENANT RICHARD B. ROCKWOOD, (de- 
ceased). 

"The King, Albert I, of Belgium, has bestowed on you 
the Ordre de la Couronne, with rank of 'Chevalier.' His 
Majesty desires that this honorary distinction be conveyed to 
you as a token of his esteem and in recognition of the valuable 
services you have rendered the common cause." 

The Chief of the Belgium Mission, in the name of Albert I, 
authorized the award, February 12, 1919. 



SECOND LIEUTENANT RALPH A. FREEL. 

"The King, Albert I, of Belgium, has bestowed on you 
the Ordre de la Couronne, with rank of 'Chevalier.' His 
Majesty desires that this honorary distinction be conveyed to 
you as a token of his esteem and in recognition of the valuable 
services you have rendered the common cause." 

The Chief of the Belgium Mission, in the name of Albert I, 
authorized the award, February 12, 1919. 



The Tables of Organization provide that there shall be with each 
Infantry Regiment, one regimental and three battalion telephone 
details of thirteen men ; also one cable laying detail of thirteen men — 
this entire personnel being in addition to the Signal Platoon of the 
Headquarters Company. Our regimental detail was in command of 
Lieutenant G. J. Sauerhofif of the Outpost Company, of the 303rd 
Field Signal Battalion, 78th Division, and the following narrative is 
a too-brief summary of the splendid work of his platoon with the 
310th Infantry. 



198 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 

The Second Platoon of the 303rcl Field Signal Battalion was 
ordered to join the 310th Infantry, with instructions to "keep up 
communications for that outfit." On the side, we were told that 
the regiment had ''some bear-cat of a Colonel" and to watch our step. 

We joined the 310th outside of Bourbon les Bains, deciding as 
a unit that we would keep up communications if we went under in 
the attempt. Therefore we joined with one mind, to do our best. 

This opportunity did not present itself until we moved into 
Sommerecourt. We got our barracks assigned that night and the 
first thing the next morning we were out on the job connecting the 
regiment up with the rest of the division. From Sommerecourt, 
we had lines running from Regimental Headquarters to each Bat- 
talion Headquarters, to the Colonel's billet, and to the Regimental 
Infirmary. We had a twelve line switchboard filled. 

It was in Sommerecourt that we received our first commendation 
from the Regimental Commander. He was well pleased with his 
service and remarked that he hoped it would always remain as good. 
We hoped so too and decided to keep on doing our best. 

Our next move was to Gonrecourt where the same experiences 
were encountered, plus some others, such as hooking into the "frog" 
telegraph lines, taking over the French Exchanges, and making loops 
around them. The French operators had a bad habit of going to 
bed at 7:00 P. M., and calling off all work for a noon siesta and 
this would cut out all service on lines that might go through their 
board. So to fool them, we used to loop around their board, splicing 
onto the line that entered their board, and then on our own. Our 
policy was to do any thing at any time as long as we kept the regi- 
ment in service. Many times we were forced to disregard the sacred 
French customs in order to gain our end. They occasionally ob- 
jected, but as we could not "compris," nothing could be done about it. 

Arriving at the town of Toul, we learned that we were headed 
into a scrap ahead. We trudged along that night with the rest of 
the regiment, knowing that the great "All- American" push was due 
to start at 1 :00 P. M. It did ; and nearly all the Signal Platoon 
dropped dead. That was some barrage. Right there we were 
willing to call it all ofif, because we hadn't been in the army before. 

We moved up finally and occupied the old Boche dugouts, and 
here had our first experience in connecting up a series of trenches. 



THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 199 

We played here with all the discarded Boche telephone equipment 
until orders came to move up into Thiaucourt. 

At this point we encountered the real war. The telephone con- 
ditions out to the front were inadequate, and it meant running an 
entire new system. All the first day we tried to connect up the 
front battalions but as soon as we would poke our noses around 
"Dead Man's Curve/' the Hun would let loose his metallic spit- 
balls. The Colonel told us to wait till nightfall. That evening we 
started out and threw^ in connections to the three battalions and 
fixed up our entire system. After this we had nothing to do (?) 
but to repair the lines as fast as the Boche shelled the positions. He 
liked to do this at times, and so kept us from getting too fat. How- 
ever, we all enjoyed it, and it kept our minds ofl: the shells. From 
then on, we built ourselves a complete telephone network so that 
when one line was shot out we had other circuits to the front. 

This arrangement accomplished two things : 

(1) It kept up communications, and 

(2) It didn't expose the men under the heavy shell fire. 

By this time, we had all absorbed the Fighting Spirit of the 
Regiment, and there wasn't anything we would not do to keep up 
their good work. We knew that the lives of the men out front 
depended on our keeping up communications. 

The Argonne, on the other hand, was just one grand hike. We 
walked a thousand miles, more or less, to get there, and then walked 
another thousand after the Boche. We never actually caught him 
after the hike once started, although at times he did give us a little 
trouble ahead of St. Juvin. The last drive was nothing but "laying 
them down and picking them up." We never could keep in communi- 
cation, and finally the Brigade Adjutant gave up in disgust and said 
we were "rotten." Naturally we disagreed. 

After the war was all over, we had an easy time "At Rest" 
around Semur. Here we bettered our relationships with the mem- 
bers of the regiment and decided we were as much a part of them 
as any of their own units. In fact it was with a great deal of regret 
on the part of all of us that we finally received orders to rejoin the 
303rd. We hated to leave the good friendships we had formed in 
the 310th. 

G. J. Saueriioff, 
Second Lieutenant, Signal Corps, 
(attached to the 310th) 



PART VI 

THE TWENTY-FIRST TRAINING AREA AND 

DEMOBILIZATION 

November 6, 1918, to June 5, 1919 

VERRIERES, FRANCE, TO CAMP DIX, NEW JERSEY 



THE TWENTY-FIRST TRAINING AREA AND 
DEMOBILIZATION 

November 6, 1918, to June 5, 1919 

At dusk, November 5th, the battalions were assembled south of 
Verrieres, the rehef by the 42nd having been completed. 

Two rolling kitchens, now sufficient to provide for the entire 
fighting strength, had been hauled forward to dispense a much needed 
hot supper — the first for days. 

At 8:00 o'clock, our column marched south, through the country 
just freed from German control, over roads heavy with mud, and 
congested with transport of every kind. 

All were dead tired, due to the exertions of the recent fightnig; 
the sensation of fatigue being increased by the sudden relaxation 
and the absence of artillery and machine gun fire. On towards Ger- 
mont we struggled, and there at 1:00 A. M. on the morning of 
November 6th, in a downpour of rain, we pitched shelter tents in 
a muddy, shell-torn field. Nothing mattered, however, for we had 
had hot food, we were going out to rest, and for a time at least we 
were through with the war. 

The morning, and part of the afternoon of the 6th passed as 
we moved further south. Back again through Briquenay, Befifu et 
le Morthomme, Champignuelles, and St. Juvin, we marched, finally 
stopping for the night 'in Marcq. Here our transport again con- 
nected with the regiment, and relieved the Machine Gun Company, 
and the 37's and trench mortar platoons of the heavy weapons they 
had carried so many kilometers in their advances with the rifle 

companies. • i xi 4. 

Marcq was badly shot up. Hardly a building remained that 
was not punctured by shells— and yet the shelter, such as it was, 
was gratefully received by the men. i t? • i 

Another opportunity was taken on the 6th to scour the Bois des 
Loges in an endeavor to identify the graves of our men who had 
fallen during the attacks on those woods. 

On November 7th, the regiment reached the former German 

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204 TRAINING AREA AND DEMOBILIZATION 

H. Q. 155TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, A. E. F. 
MEMORANDUM FIELD ORDER 8th November, 1918. 

MAP ARGOiNNE 1/50,000. 

1. The 78th Division has been ordered to assemble in a new area, in 
such manner that an early march to an entraining point, (ST. 
MENEHOULD), will be facilitated. 

2. This Brigade will proceed by marching tomorrow, 9th November, 
1918, to the area :— LA CHALADE— FLORENT— La GRANGE— aux-BOIS 
— LES VIGNETTES— CAMP GABAUD (two km. northwest of CLER- 
MONT), all inclusive, except LA GRANGE — aux-Bois, which is quarantined 
on account of measles. 

3. (a) The 155th Infantry Brigade, less transport, will clear the cross- 
roads 300.25 — 271.4 at 8:30 hours, 9th November, 1918, and proceed by way 
of the HAUTE CHEVAUCHE Road, thru LA FILLE MOiRT, CROIX 
DE PIERRE, to CAMP GABAUD— LES ISLETTES area. 

(b) The l'^6th infantry Brigade, less transport, will clear the cross- 
roads 300.25— :271.4 at 8:30 hours, 9th November, 1918, and proceed by way 
of the LE ^OUR LE PARIS— LE CLAON road, to the FLORENT— LE 
CLA*^::— LE NEUFOUR area. The 156 Brigade will keep well to the 
right of roads to crossroads 300.25 — 271.4, so as not to interfere with passage 
of the 155th Brigade. 

(c) Horse transport of 155th Infantry Brigade will follow the Infan- 
try column of 156th Infantry Brigade. Horse transport will proceed by 
way of crossroads 300.25—271.4, thence to LE FOUR DE PARIS to LE 
FOUR DE PARIS— LE CLAON road and south on the LE FOUR DE 
PARIS— LE CLAON road following the 156th Infantry Brigade troop 
column. Order of march: 310th Infantry; 309th Infantry; 308th M. G. 
Battalion. 

(d) Guides will meet organizations at Northern exit of LE CLAON 
and on the HAUTE CHEVAUCHE road at the LOCHERES— LES 
ISLETTES road fork West of LOCHERES. 

(e) The strictest road discipline will be maintained. In crossing 
guarded roads, great care will be taken that traffic is not interfered with. 
Transport and trains will move in groups of twenty (20) with fifty (50) 
meters between groups. 

4. (a) RAILHEAD :— November 9, 1918— LES ISLETTES. 
Distribution point 155th Infantry Brigade — one kilometer north of LES 

ISLETTES. 

Details and guides from organizations will report at the Division Quarter- 
master's Office at LES ISLETTES for exact location of distributing points. 

(b) Refilling point for ammunition — LES ISLETTES. Guide will 
be at Division Ordnance Office from 12 noon. 

(c) 'Organization Commanders will personally verify upon arrival 
at the end of the day's march, the number of reserve rations and forage 
and the combat train allowance of ammunition. Deficiencies in all items 
of rations, clothing and equipment will be made up at once by application 
to the proper supply officer. These reserve rations and ammunition will 
be kept intact except by order from these Headquarters. 

5. P. C 78th Division— FLORENT (after 12 hours, 9th November, 1918.) 
P, C.'s of all units will be reported without delay. 

Bv Command of Brigadier General Stanberry. 
Thomas F. Meehan, Adjutant. 



TRAINING AREA AND DEMOBILIZATION 205 

camp, two kilometers west of Varennes. Here, wooden and con- 
crete honses, built in tiers, in clifif-dweller fashion, terrace- after 
terrace around the slopes of a "U'' shaped ravine, made comfortable 
homes. For two nights and a day, we strove desperately to remove 
the layers of mud and filth from equipment and clothing. 

Through some mysterious source, the false report of the signing 
of the armistice with Germany arrived about dusk of the 8th. Imme- 
diately the usual silence was broken by the firing of pistols and 
rifles, w^hile the dark was dispelled by fhe bursting of unsalvaged 
German rockets and flares. From some adjacent organization came 
the sputtering of machine guns in an answering celebration. 

The morning of November 9th found the regiment again on the 
road, marching through the most war-torn section of the Argonne. 
By mid-afternoon, we had left the Argonne behind for the last time. 
A French cantonment, one kilometer northeast of Les Islettes, fur- 
nished adequate shelter for all troops except those of the First Bat- 
talion. These were assembled in a nearby farm. 

During the following two days, the baths at Les Islettes labored 
overtime in an attempt to remove at least the outer coverings of 
dirt, before the newly issued underclothing was donned. Gradually, 
the regiment was acquiring a respectable appearance. Sleep and a 
little occasional food always works wonder with an American soldier. 
From a mud-bedraggled, war weary, sick and tired outfit, we gradu- 
ally came to ourselves again, and were ready for the next job. 

The march was resumed, November 11th, through Les Islettes, 
then westward through St. Menehould, just as news of the signing of 
the real armistice arrived. The streets were filled with French sol- 
diers and civilians dancing about, arm in arm, amid the clang of 
the church bells, and the incessant chatter of hundreds of voices, 
pitched as only French voices can be. 

The possibility of learning any particulars was prevented by the 
M.P. whose duty it was to prevent anyone below a Brigadier from 
stopping in the town. On swung the column, southward out of 
Menehould, the men hotly debating the truth of the rumor. 

A few more kilometers of hard macadam road, brought us to 
our first real resting place, and our first billets since leaving Som- 
merecourt — more than two months before. Here we stayed six days, 
billeted as follows : 

Regimental Headquarters) 

Headquarters, M. G., and Supply Cos. at Daucourt 



TRAINING AREA AND DEMOBILIZATION 207 

First Battalion, at Dampierrc 

Second Battalion, at Elise 

Third Battalion, at Rapsecourt 
The companies were filling up again — several hundred replace- 
ments having been assigned to us at Les Islettes. The luxury of 
again sleeping on a bunk was highly appreciated, even though the 
"mattress" was of chicken wire, and our companions cows and work 
horses. What did we care ? There was nothing to do all day long, 
but drill a little, do K.P., police up, eat three square meals and sleep. 
The war had stopped now and we knew it. The French, as usual 
were kind; having- discovered that we had assisted Fritz towards 
Sedan, they were not in the least reluctant to part with *'oeufs" at 
four francs the oeuf. Besides, there were the Mn Bros., Blanc 
and Rouge, to cheer away our evenings. 
We knew it was too good to last. 

The war was on again. Fifteen lieutenants — some of the best 
in the regiment, officers who had been with us since the formation 
of the division, were suddenly transferred as replacements into the 
Army of Occupation; and on November 17th, we entrained in 
"Hommes 40, Chevaux 8's" at Villers-Daucourt. 

Twenty-four hours later, after travelling through countr}^ as beau- 
tiful as France can be when the sun shines, we detrained at Les 
Laumes. Fifteen kilometers or more of hiking finally distributed us 
through that part of the 21st Training Area, in the Department of 
the Cote d'Or, assigned to us as our home until we returned to 
America. Division Headquarters was at Semur, 

Because of the depleted strength of the regiment, only six towns 
were at first required, and we were biletted as follow^s : 

Regimental Headquarters) 

Headquarters and Supply Cos., at Vic-de-Chassenay 

Machine Gun Company, at Cernois 

First Battalion, at Toutry and Torcy 

Second Battalion, at Courcelles-les-Semur 

Third Battalion, at Flee 
Very soon replacements began to arrive, and these new men, 
together with many of our old wdio returned to us from the hos- 
pitals, gradually filled up the companies to full strength. As redis- 
tribution of the regiment, spread the regiment over twelve towns : 

Regimental H eadquarters ) 

Lleadquarters and Supply Cos., at \'ic-de-Chassenay 



208 TRAINING AREA AND DEMOBILIZATION 

Machine Gun Company, at Cernois 

First Battalion, less Companies "A," "B/' and ''C," at Torcy 

Company "A," at Forleans 

Company "B," at Foux 

Company "C," at Pouligny 

Second Battalion, less Companies ''E" and "H," at Coiircelles 
les Semur 

Comany "E," at Ruffey 

Company "H," at Bourbilly 

Third Battalion, less Companies "K" and "L," at Flee 

Company "K," at Montigny 

Company "'L," at Villenueve 
New clothing and equipment was rapidly issued, and soon the 
regiment could have been ready for any service demanded. The 
long months of a soggy French winter passed in a welter of 
manoeuvres and terrain exercises ; there were endless reviews, and 
parades and ceremonies ; our Commander-in-Chief, General Pershing, 
looked us over critically and presented D.S.C.'s; and competitions in 
musketry, athletics, and general training helped keep our minds from 
one vital thing that interested us most, ''When do we go home?" 
Rumors of all kinds flew thick and fast. We were scheduled 
for the Army of Occupation; to leave for home ''at once;" trans- 
ports were waiting at Brest to take us to Turkey ; Siberia and Arch- 
angle also threatened; and meanwhile we trudged the muddy fields 
in mock battles, and listened to countless readings of General Orders, 
cind Division Orders, and Brigade Orders and Regimental Orders, 
on our general conduct, deportment, delousing and health. 

Certainly, in one particular at least, the regiment deserves a cita- 
tion. For police work. Our new area was perhaps no worse than 
some others we had occupied, but there seemed no end to the amount 
of daily work required to make the towns inhabitable. French habits 
are not, and never can be, likened to American. There is too innate 
a regard for the manure pile and the general accumulation of matter 
which we prefer to keep out of sight. Not that our methods have 
in any way "improved" those of the French; for we venture to say 
that should the regiment return to the Vic area, we should find the 
same familiar piles of tin cans, salvaged from the trenches we dug, 
and the roads would once more have returned to that state of plastic- 
ness that ruined many a pair of "kicks." 

The French merely considered us mad beyond belief, and watched 




MARCHING INTO SEMUR 




WE PARADE FOR THE C.-IN-C. 




THE DIVISION BOXING TEAM 



210 TRAINING AREA AND DEMOBILIZATION 

General Orders, 
No. 9. 

HEADQUARTERS 78TH DIVISION 
April 16, 1919. 
The Commanding General desires to record in the General Orders of the 
Division the following communication from the Commander-in-Chief. 

"American Expeditionary Forces, 

Office of the Commander-in-Chief, 
France, April 13. 1919. 
"Major General James H. McRae, 
Commanding 78th Division, 
American E. F. 
''My dear General McRae : 

"It gives me great pleasure to extend to you, the officers and men of the 
78th Division, my sincere compliments upon their splendid appearance at 
the inspection and revievv^ on the 26th of March. I wish also to take this 
opportunity of expressing my appreciation of the high morale existing 
throughout all ranks, and my satisfaction at the condition of the horse trans- 
port and artillery. All ranks should take just pride in such a commendable 
showing as well as in the record of service in France which stands to their 
credit. 

"Arriving on June 8th, the Division trained with the British Expeditionary 
Forces for two months, and in August was moved into the American sector, 
acting as the reserve for the 1st Corps in the St. Mihiel offensive from the 
12th to the 16th of September. It was then placed in the front line, reliev- 
ing the 2nd and 5th Divisions, and remained in the Limey sector with the 4th 
Corps of the 1st United States Army until October 4th. During this time, 
the division kept up continuous aggressive patrolling until its relief from the 
line. Oin the night of October 15th-16th, it relieved the 77th Division and 
thereafter remained in the Meuse-Argonne offensive until November 5th. 
The names of Grand Pre and the strong position of Bois des Loges, whose 
fmal reduction came only after a succession of desperate assaults and counter- 
assaults, will alwa3^s be remembered in the history of the American Ex- 
peditionary Forces. On November 2nd, the Division occupied the Bois des 
Loges and thereafter made a rapid advance of over 21 kilometers, during 
the course of which the towns of Beffet le Mort Homme, Briquenay, Boult- 
aux-Bois, Belleville-sur-Bar, Germont, Authe, Brieulles-sur-Bar and Ver- 
rieres were occupied. In view of this record, I want every man in the 
Division to know of my appreciation of his work. 

"Please therefore extend my congratulations to the members of your 
Division, who may proudly carry home with them the gratitude of the Allies 
with whom they fought and the pride of their fellows throughout the Forces. 

"Sincerely yours, 

"John J. Pershing." 
By Command of 

Major General McRae. 

H. N. Cootes. 



OFFICIAL: 

A.' J. L'Heureux 
Adjutant. 



Chief of Staff. 



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Extract troni the Address to the 78th Division by the Command- 
ing General, First Corps, Major General William M. Wright, U. S. 
.Vrmy, at the conclusion of the Last Tactical Manoeuvre of the 78th 
Division in France, March 19, 1919. 

"This is the last manoeuvre of the 78th Division as a part of 
the First Army Corps, as it passes into the S. O. S. on April 6th. 
in preparation of its early departure for the United States and I 
desire to take this opportunity of complimenting and thanking you 
for the splendid work you have done over here. You have all 
been good soldiers and are deserving of the highest reward that 
can be bestowed upon a soldier ; a reward that is far above promo- 
tion or increase of salary, the reward of a consciousness of duty 
well done. You will go through life and pass to your graves feel- 
ing proud of having served your country so splendidly, and your 
children and grandchildren will point with pride to your deeds 
of valor. But when you return to the United States do not 
boast, do not complain and do not magnify the hardships and 
vicissitudes of campaign, for it will do you no good and will only 
reflect discredit on your division. Be loyal to the A. E. F., to its 
Commander-in-Chief, to your Division and above all to your own 
selves. Let the record of your Division stand as a testimonial of 
the work it did over here and history will relate the splendid part 
it took in the Great War. 

'Tn conclusion, I desire to thank you for your loyalty and 
devotion to the common cause, and to bid you good-bye and 
Godspeed." 



212 TRAINING AREA AND DEMOBILIZATION 

our operations in awe. There were reclamations for walls we broke 
down, and those we did not break down ; windows smashed during 
71 were cheerfully charged to our depredations, and fields that 
never saw the foot of a "Yank" developed incomprehensible values ; 
to hold a parade was worth a King's ransom; and the destruction 
of a stray chicken or wandering calf was a matter for solemn debate, 
and the assessment of damages which would make a Mexican bandit 
blush for shame. Money is one object to a Frenchman. 

Competitions were the life of the regiment, and brought home 
the fact to everyone, from the Colonel down, that there was little 
we could not accomplish when we set our mind on the work. 

Back in the early days at Dix, the 310th picked up the first prize 
in an original Song Contest. The piece was rearranged for the 
Band and became the Regimental March. 

In the Second Liberty Loan Drive, the subscriptions from the 
regiment exceeded those from any other organization in the 78th. 

During the War Risk Insurance Campaign, every officer and 
enlisted man in the 310th, was insured for $10,000, the entire work 
being handled by Captain (then Lieutenant) Dane and Sergeant 
Sullivan of Company ''H." 

The First Battalion Fourgon Wagon won First Prize in the 
Division Show, repeated at First Corps, and also at First Army. 

The 37 m.m. Platoon, commanded by Lieutenant Hylant, won 
first place in both Brigade and Division. 

Lieutenant Korkus and his platoon from ''M" Company won the 
drill-down from all other infantry units in the Division. 

The Regimental Rifle Team, represented the 78th Division in the 
Small Arms Competition at Le Mans, and their final rating was the 
highest of any national army organization. One gold, one silver, 
and two bronze medals were awarded to team members, the gold 
medal going to Lieutenant Pierce. 

The Second Platoon of "L" Company, commanded by Lieutenant 
Hitchcock, won first place in the Musketry Platoon contest, in both 
Brigade and Division. The same platoon represented the 78th 
Division in the musketry contest at Le Mans, and won first place 
over all competition, representing the entire American Expeditionary 
Forces. 

Surely these are records we can all be proud of. 
In the Vic area every possible eiTort was made for the entertain- 
ment of the men, and while the shows were not "continu- 




CHAMPIONS OF THE A. E. P.: "L" CO/S SECOND PLATOON 




MAJOR RAY, WITH 3RD BN. TRANSPORT, AT FLEE 



214 TRAINING AREA AND DEMOBILIZATION 

HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY 

AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, FRANCE, 

General Orders 25 March, 1919. 

No. 17 

In compliance with telegraphic instructions from G. H. Q., A. E. F., the 
78th Division stands relieved from this Army on April 6, 1919. 

The 78th Division, joining the First Army on August 30, 1918, partici- 
pated in the following operations of this Army : 

ST. MIHIEL OPERATION 
The 78th Division participated in this operation, tirst as a reserve of the 
I Corps, and later, by holding the Limey Sector. 

MEUSE-ARGONNE OPERATION 

The 78th Division, having been relieved from the Limey Sector, joined 
the Army Reserve in the MEUSE-ARGONNE Sector on October 5th. On 
October 15th, 16th and 17th, the 78th Division relieved the 77th Division along 
the southern banks of the AIRE RIVER facing BOIS-DES-LOGES and 
GRAND-PRE. While holding the Limey Sector, the 78th Division partici- 
pated in several severe local engagements and the demonstration of Sep- 
ternber 26th, 

Between October 15th and 31st this Division executed continuous attacks 
against the difficult and stronglv held terrain of BOIS-DES-LOGES, 
GRAND-PRE, and east of TALMA FERME. The heights east of TALMA 
FERME and GRAND-PRE and the heights to the north thereof were cap- 
tured by hard fighting which included several "hand-to-hand" engagements. 

The Division participated in the Army's general attack of November 1, 
advancing between that date and November 5th, approximately twenty kilo- 
meters and through the localities of BRIQUENY, BOULT-AUX-BOIS, 
CH"ATILLON-SUR-BAR, BRIEULLES-SUR-BAR, LES PETITES 
ARMOISES to the heights east of TANNAY. 

The Army Commander desires to convey to Major General McRae (Com- 
manding the 78th Division) and the officers and soldiers of the 78th Division, 
his appreciation of the excellent services rendered by this Division as a 
combat unit of the First Army. The Army Commander and the Army greatly 
admired the tenacity and aggressiveness of the troops and the leadership of 
General McRae and his subordinates of the 78th Division during the hard 
and conditions fighting which resulted in the capture by the 78th Division 
of the heights east of TALMA FERME and of GRAND-PRE. 

The 78th Division in leaving the Army carries with it the best wishes of 
the Army Commander for its future abroad and in the United States. 

By Command of 

Lieutenant General Liggett. 

H. A. Drum, 

Chief of Staff. 
Official : 

H. K. LOUGHRY, 

Adjutant General. 



TRAINING AREA AND DEMOBILIZATION 215 

oils," certainly wc had our share, and the Division was coniphniented 
for the niinil)er and class of entertainments it put out. Not the least 
important was the First Battalion Show which was organized under 
the direction of Lieutenant Hamilton and made an instant success 
from the opening performance. This show, "The White Light- 
ning Follies," opened in Torcy on February 22nd and played to 
capacity houses through the Battalion ; it then in turn visited tlie 
Second and Third Battalions, went to Division where it played for 
General McRae, and later gave a special performance for General 
Pershing. In all, some forty performances were given, for the enter- 
tainment of some 15,000 doughboys. It ended the season with an 
invitation performance at Corps Headquarters. Later when the 
division broke up for embarkation purposes, one of the feature acts 
was taken in its entirety and went home with the artillery. 

In February, just as rumors of going home were thickest. Division 
selected our First Battalion to assist in the organization of the 
A. E. F. University. The complete unit (less only the theatrical 
troup) proceeded to Beaune, Cote d'Or, and the officers were de- 
tailed in charge of, the student regiments. In addition, the men 
helped put the university into existence and were complimented by 
the Commandant for their work and soldierly qualities. 

Early April brought our own "Lost Battalion" back again to the 
former billets in the Semur Area. 

On the sixth of April we were formally relieved from duty with 
the First Army, and became a part of the SOS. Drills and all 
training immediately ceased and the efforts of all were concentrated 
on the detailed preparations necessary for our departure to the 
embarkation port. Police and re-police was the order of the day. 
and the supply officers and NCO.s battled day and night to bring 
our equipment up to the point demanded by the port authorities. 
At last we were going home. 

On May 1st, 2nd and 3rd, the regiment entrained by Battalions 
at Semur and Epoisse for the Bordeaux Area, where after a not 
unpleasant trip in American box cars, we arrived on May 5th. and 
were billeted as follows : 

Regimental Headquarters) 

Headquarters, M. G., and Sup])ly Cos..) 

First Battalion, at Cadillac 

Second Battalion, at Beguey 

Third Battalion, at Loupiac 



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TRAINING AREA AND DEMOBILIZATION 



ROSTER OF 

OFFICERS IN THE REGIMENT 

UPON ARRIVAL AT BORDEAUX, preparatory to Embarkation 

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS 

Colonel Walter C. Babcock, Commanding Regiment 

Lieut. -Colonel Victor S. Foster, DS First Army Hq. 

Captain Herbert N. Vanderwerker, Regimental Adjutant 

Major Frank N. Mandeville, Regimental Surgeon 

\/ Captain Raymond L. Thompson, Operations Officer 

Captain Earle B. Dane, Personnel Officer 

Captain Lawrence Emmerton, Supply Officer 



HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

Captain Harold D, Dyke 

1st Lt. Edward P. Hylant, Jr. 

1st Lt. Charles T. Crouch 

2nd Lt. Milton E. Woodcock 

2nd Lt. John G. West 

2nd Lt. William Richmond 



MACHINE GUN COMPANY 

1st Lt. Bernard A. Flynn 
2nd Lt. Avra M. Warren 

SUPPLY COMPANY 
1st Lt. Dudley G. Lester 
1st Lt. Nathaniel E. Beers 
1st Lt. Matthew E. Conklin 
2nd Lt. Harold P. Dahlquist 
2nd Lt. L. H. Clark 



HEADQUARTERS FIRST BATTALION 

Major Arthur C. Judd, Commanding 

1st Lt. Milton K. Robinson, Adjutant 

Captain Dennis B. Jarrell, Surgeon 

Chaplain, James N. King 

1st Lt. R. R. Charlesworth, Medical Corps 

2nd Lt. Warren G. Willsey, Intelligence Officer 



COMPANY A 
Captain Ludlow E. Bretz 
1st Lt. Lawrence A. Green 
2nd Lt. Carl A. Gosline 
2nd Lt. Harvey Plank 

COMPANY B 
Captain Frederick W. Busk 
1st Lt. Hugh Jamieson 
2nd Lt. Edgar Bullock 
2nd Lt. Fred Morey 
2nd Lt. Thomas O'Keefe 



COMPANY C 

Captain E. W. Leary 
1st Lt. Earle S. Rockefeller 
1st Lt. M. E. O'Connor 
2nd Lt. Oscar L. Craik 
2nd Lt. Irving T. Skeels 

COMPANY D 
Captain Lawrence G. Meads 
1st Lt. Walter A. Hamilton 
1st Lt. Joe W. Kelly 
1st Lt. L. N. Brockway 

(SD Brigade) 
2nd Lt. Ralph H. Thomas 



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HEADQUARTERS SECON]^ liATTALlON 

Major George A. Lynch, Commanding 

1st Lt. Charles Douglass, DS Paris 

1st Lt. Kenneth F. Cramer, Acting Adjutant 

Captain J. F. Bowen, Surgeon 

2nd Lt. G. W. Wurtzel, Medical Corps 

Chaplain, W. L. Gallup 



COMPANY E 

Captain James E. Higgins 

1st Lt. F. R. Howe 

1st Lt. A. C. McClellan 

1st Lt. Wm. Kulka, DS Poland 

1st Lt. Harold D. Ovington 

2nd Lt. W. P. Turner 

2nd Lt. F. J. Hoff 

^ COMPANY F 
1st Lt. Gordon Hoge 
1st Lt. R. W. Hewlett 
2nd Lt. E. L. Deroche 



COMPANY G 

Capt. Walter G. Sommers, DS Paris 
1st Lt. J. P. Dinan 
1st Lt. J. T. Heenahan 
2nd Lt. W. A. Kampff 
2nd Lt. J. F. Sessions 

COMPANY H 

Capt. Sterling Gait, Jr. 

1st Lt. Walter Jones. DS Le Mans 

1st Lt. E. B. Rowe, DS Paris 

1st Lt. W. H. Maguire 

2nd Lt. F. A. Smith 

2nd Lt. D. S. Bloch 



HEADQUARTERS THIRD BATTALION 

Major I. T. Ward, Commanding 

1st Lieut. Darwin W. Sherman, Adjutant 

Captain C. W. Vates, Surgeon, DS Paris 

Captain T. H. Travilla, Dental Corps 

1st Lt. John B. MacMillan, DS England ' 

1st Lt, G. G. Alway, Medical Corps 

Chaplain D. J. Lynch 



COMPANY I 

Capt. E. B. Callahan 
1st Lt. S. Meharg 
2nd Lt. R. B. Lewis 
2nd Lt. E. E. Graham 

COMPANY K 

Capt. Roy B. Thompson 
1st Lt. H. F. Mann 
1st Lt. F. S. Pillman 



COMPANY L 

1st Lt. Harrv J. Sargent 
2nd Lt. H. A. Phillips 
2nd Lt. W. A. Hitchcock, 

DS Le Mans 

COMPANY M 

1st Lt. Edwin F. Korkus 

2nd Lt. R. B. Pierce, DS Le Mans 

2nd Lt. C. C. Parker, DS Le Mans 





"Fii'^Sh 



SEVENTY EIGHTH DIVISION. 



em^gUTioM I vjm 



•Tiu. aciHo (TiieNs 



FRANCE 



6 MARCH 1919 



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inerU ' II ta understood that flll rturli 
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nginal appearance ot ihe Question 

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e thlnga wUch ire so Indelibly 

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riperience. II jou have gone 
eiperteoce which you believe 
wUl Fnlerest other*, put ihe Idea Into 



.MANTOrFIOERt PfiOMOTKD 

THE. FLASH presents in this Issue the 
names.or the offlccn in the dlv.fl.on who 
ba^e received promotion since the signing 
of the armistice. The names acd graded 
are as follows.: Judge Advocule Geuerikl'a 
Deputmcnt ; George Q. Bogert from 
Major to LL CotoneL 

Inlaolry : WeodelJ J, Cttrttf. Jr. trofe 
tsl LL to Copt. ; Kivta E. Foss from Ist 
LL ti CopL : Thomas J. Har^r)i%o frpm 
Isl LL to Capt- ; George T Puncs from 
l3t LL to CapL ; F.ufue L SuUenger from 



•iiixftu Itobert B. 



aorpe ! 
.inad I. .CoWlea, liar 
Bernard A. Flyan. 
Halsey. John J: Haili 
Luhn, FrancLa J McN 
ThomaJ. Ceoige G. Wei 

Field Artillery : From Captain to Ma- 
loi : Frtuik B. Cawley, Louis Hertz, Ll- 
more C Kerr. Jam " *■ ' - '- 
Jamci P, OCormor, 
(rora Isl LL to Oi(, 
hold Jr.. Rlchqjond L Brown, W, 
^ ~ ricr, fisher Goodhue. Milton 

Jainea C Hemlnway. Jamee L. 



I C iluchci 



P. Fowler, Fisher Goodhue. Milton Hcc- 
lerl, Jainea C Hemlnway. Jamee 
Masjn, Hugh L >IcLean. .^tbiJnL. Try 
(romftidLL 1 - -- •■ ■ 

'. ^sanvjel H Hoover, wl . 

) a 









Remember 



wUl I 
opoo Its literary rn 






rfiaUve" impor- 
I the history ol 



t paper only and doub'.e-spaced. 



CONOIUTULATKt 4CR8EV MEN 

, Stokes. Regtm 



t 3111 



reeelved a personal lell 

Walter E. E-lge of Nev 

the lalter ^ongratulaies ine mer 

fculhen, Jer^y (or their ochieyen 

in the war The letter Id pa\1 foUou 



Infantry, has 
In which 



LL -Cot : The*. H. KrullschnlU. Fr^m 
CopL to Major : Edward O. Lyman„ FT'>rn 



Adjutant General's Department : E- 
D^vigbl Salmon, from 2nd LL to 1st Lt. 

J!edlcal Corps : From Mojor to L'- 
Colon«l : FricA, .A(*n)nl*w.-WWiPTr-&' 
Ashtcn, Hugh B. Borcla*. From Cnpt to 
Major : Mo^p^^n C. Berry. Meriwflher L. 
Anderson. Harold iL Doardr.lt, Willlaui 
Jefferson LujW. F-qHc H. McRao. John A. 
Rollings, Jacob F. -M. Snvder. Russel G. 
WJiman, From Isl LL to Capt : Delmor 
R. Elakley. Edward A. Fiynn. Dennis B: 
Jarrel). John P. LeJUrman. Jdt D. Lin- 
ton. Wlllljm J. Mac Mnrtrle, Prank \V. 
Burge, Joaevb R. Shelton, Henry F 
Starr. James A Smith,' Ashbum C 
Stroup. Victor K. Allen. Clarence J. Buck. 
Albert Solomon, James E/ Stewait, John 



Denthl (>>rps : From Cupt to Mojor : 
\VaUer E. Loti. From 1st L(. to Capt : 
Lawrence E. Camptell, Bea-nard J. Con- 
noltv, Harold C Gnrdenler, Raymond C 



.-^Ji^L^HalL . 

C Kreamer. John A. Whiting, Boy 



Li : Dtinlel L Haley. Byron R. Herring. 



DIVISION BOXERS WIN VICTORY 

BEFORE GREAT CROWD IN PARIS 



00 you BIUCVE K-S 

II there Is a l^esome soldier 
anywhere throdghoul the Cole 
dOr area -^ ' " - ■ — '■'•'- 
bmry to a 



wkfe, and 



marndgc i 



, he V 
' This 1^" 



I gtfl back DOC 
by 



. but 1* 

rather, the subslabcp ol a lor.g 
dipping 6cnl to Ibfc FLASH office . 
iy some totlurate indiviaual who 
receives a letter tlfw luid then. 

Accardiug Ij Shis Anipr'.cin 
iiewspapei-, the piopo-lllon is all 

ruling, which ma^ca such n mor- 
raige possible. Thn only limlla- 
lion te ihnt the 'proxv wetldinga 
ihall not ho counleoanced wbeio 
slate , laws viflBd make the 
contradB invalid.^ - 
■ Considering tb^ficl that sol. 



pondent who wrltt^j to 
months, may cngBge i: 



MA408 JUOD'S MEN AT BEAUNB ' 

n.. 3101b Infantry, hai 



MARGARET WILSON 
SINGS FOR 78TH 



carded MW Margar^ \MJ3on and her 

ce before the. uMn ot the 78th 
Tuesday night at the theater in 
riie houie »0b packed, neces- 
lie ptQCiiig of wore than lOO men 

Miss Vrilson and Jfli RcesDa^-id were 
called oil (or ffip^fttca »ntores. The boys 
Filiaiiv .MlE3 Wll&c-n spoke, claiming that 
the Jersey boys ol the 7Mh had as much, 
If not moL2 pep than aaybodv cJse in the 
ariiiv. Hif vuire was In excellent condi- 
tion" ana she literally earned aWay the 
hou^ Mlai^ ^Vllson, dressed In a char- 
ming blue creation, drhped wilb cream 
lace, was deUgbled with her receptioo. 

H«r two groups of eobgs Included': ■< My 
Laddie ». .. The Utile Irish' Girl I.. 
e Boys Come Home >■, » Dixie ••, 

'" ,llitTg".«Therea 

Deep River •>, 
d m; Lindsay •!, 
■ Danny Boy «, 



sitallng t 



BATTALION COMPETITIONB 

"hat will doutillcs prove to be on 
V.E.F. lanrfed In Fn 



started February 
that theirs w 



prove I 
TrumU 



Blurted pres- 

best batlali 
3. 23. H( 
the following 
coropelltlvc 
forced battalions 



23. Head, 
le followir 
of coropelltl' 
irced bat' 
; Inlantrv batteries 



within the 
I will be h 



( giattfying t. 
:ord of our 
Iwo deciding 



had (K'gmcn- 

boys hove done, lul 
list what importance 
nt ><.u e^ter)d to all 



Depariment hoi 



t follows : (1) 
3 to March 1, 
nlfl. including 

1 regtirents, conducted by regl- 
.mm.Tnders. (2) During the week 

2 to March li. by winnJi.g bat- 
regimonts, condocled by dlvi- 

nanders. (3) During the week.of 
3 22 by winning ■--■-" 



of Morch, Z 



divisions, conducted : 
ders. H) During the 
to « bv winning ba 
conducted by Army ci 

These n 
in ihe tr: 

C H. 0. to provide for l 

■New Infantry Drill Regulotlooa. 

GENERAL MeRAE RETURNB 
Mnior General J H. McRae and hie 



Coir«n', uOpen Secret 

and - Keep ibe Hune Flrea Burning ••.• 
Mt David's selecUoM were -. I knov 
a Lovely Garden «, " Picture Me Only . 
■> Honey Mine », (a new popular song li 
which the audience look parCt. <• Sunshin 
ot your Smile -, - Dear old Pal of Mine . 
a Homeland ». •■ WTien Pershing's Mei 
go MOTChMig Into Picardy », « Smllee ■ 
and three negro melodies. The prograr 
was closed *ith a duet, » The Keys c 
Heaven ". and the enthusiastic apphiU6 



dctaoht'd from 



Foux-1 orcey-Poullgny 



,1 Ccaune. Vben in I 
icconiodalc W.OOO mc 
1 000 huUdings, 11 ciK 
vhen irpplioants froui 



The Lightning Divii>lon ( 
a.s£igned Jo Beaunc by 
G. H. Q. which arrUed 
CoL W. T. Mc Millon. * 



Seventy-ejg 

ic In 



ThV %\h Dlvleioo pugtUsta loiight 



Pajla, laat Friday mght, Feb. iSih, 
- ■ ■ rs. The 



thousand spectators. The 



consisted Of 



I the Lightning Dlvlsi 



reprcsenlatUi 
" ■ ■ Ly to 

They bad ( 



Saturday to make prelm 



[ of (he bati^l^oo by. 



3ity riarracka Their work. 



iRg to Col. Reeves, will L 



lug the afternoons 



fiS^ily'i 



Dcaune Majof Judds 



f. 7th»^ V .-OVM^LV. 



I OS a mitit<iry 



chaUau of Major General McRae. Besides 
Mr Dovid and Mr3 Ua\id Ihe accota- 
panist, the party Include* Colonel Hig- 
gins ot First Corps Headquarters and 



the performance by General McRae and 
Ibe audience of Ughtnlng mrtn nearly 
went wild with entliusiasm ivhen their' 
divisional leader appeared on the ftage. 

Wednesday nlghl the same program 
W.13 repelled al AUsc before the 31?tb 
Infantry where the party was entertained 
by Colonel Anderson. . . 



FIRST ARMY HORSE SHOW 

The Fr.st Army Horse show was 1 



neral I^Rae and Col. Cooles wcr 
those who attended trom the 



LL-CoL Victor Feeler, 3lOth Infantry 
and LL Raymond Belmont, Headquar- 



rt-TH PERHI8S10NAIRES Wl^ 

^ bq^cball teuni compose*) of the 71 



rikeouts, Tlie Ttiih men lined 
ks : Hcubnee l.B ; Moni.s t B, 
S ; Cordell C . Belcher 3 P ; 



fJOsL U >a divided Into U cullegei 



; Wfeit Point 



phy. psychology, ealcsmi: 

health, hygijne, hlstorj*. 
books, English. French, 



logy, puLli' 






t illiterate*,.^ 

: largest buJflmgs h: 

^irly h. 

by Ihe /unencaai, 

uprising every subject 



, famished by ihe American -Library 



coniUtute a uoivcrsiiy : 






regiment, se^■eral other 
LlchtnlDg Division will be at Beauii 
act as Instructors They arc : Copt 1 
Colonna. SlUh Infantrv, letters ; 1st LL 
J. V. Mc Kelvey, 31;;ih Infantry, imlh- 
matlcs ; 2nd Lt. A. >L LowelV Sif^ih In- 
fanlry, law r RegL Sgt MaJ. John W. 
v,-.,.i'.. ,to-i A-"?!, — H. 0., econoiuirs; 
309th Field Artll- 



'and from Ceocrala 

educk Privates. They wen ea 

audience from the -flnt 

isL The Lightning men 

O'e, one decielon and two 



The Noveau Circle De Paris holds from 
three to fouc thousand people, la so 
oiionged that U makes an ideal place for 

most beautiful buildlAgs of its kmd in 
Ihe Vvorlit The K. of C. is to be give4i 
credit Jor eccuring this place, for the 
bouts, through J J. Corey, bead of K. 
of C Athletics in Paris, - , 

Samuel Goiopers was seen In tba 



ime. io 
B duly 



heart and soul. Whetfier 1 ai 
or on, in Varis of elsewhere. 1 
wjth you fighting AmerlcaQs » 



cnterialnecs ot the evening 



rilh all denomixiailons ol Ft^ncJ 



The flral bouV ot the evening Jn which 



tbcr of close Jabs to face and slomac 
^r this Volecker began to liven up a 
iial blows were exchanged before t 



Secofiil round. This round* > 



itotrach. Voelckcr tried I 



and continued 



Voclckec auppjd In last, 



th« hit the mark. Voelcker sooo began 
to look very much worried and tired, bul 
s^od his ground. 

FoQrih round. Wagner showed son» 
ot his rear fighling, putting a left and 
then right lo Voelcker's face and sto- 
moch. Both men fo'Jght hard in this 
round, altitough it was very evident -that 
Wagner was scoring the most polntl Tli« 



The next bout w^ between Clarey 
-Hoag, 76lh Dlv . nnd Clancbard of th* 






Beaune is the I 



PvL Harold i 



INVEaTlOATION ORDERED 

Officers thrtwighOHl the division t 
i.«.n in'^trucled lo Investigate, the ( 
soldiers against the YMC 



KnigbLt cf Columbus. 



t Ihe oltlcer* chosen fur tin 



ALPHA ZETA NOTICE 



Hughes P ; 

flneiTObnck 
«uiiMilut««. 



1 AlDha : 



llorig making the t 



Possible. Hoag bucking him < 



trd left to his I 



rough, landet 



chard's wild swings from right and I 



lodged Blji 
jbt and lew 

The balance ol the round weu alow with 

^veral clinohes. 

Fourth rouDd. Alter shaking hands. 
*~' hard began to show .some fighting 



blood and put ih a right upp«T i 



. right to the I 






Hoag w 






. IhOH 



They both cllnrhcj 



llghltop. Ihcv wire p,-iut; s 
I', was horr) lo> judge uluc!i ' 
tlw m'Xt point) Art«r tlicy t 
put In several right from Ih 



lioog 

though I 



Ooor hu man. The declston wae 



(Cobtlnoad OA <4^pottd Datft) 



TRAINING AREA AND DEMOBILIZATION 219 

In Cadillac we found ourselves out of the perennial rain and mud 
of "Sunny France" and in an area that was a daily delight. There 
was plenty to eat and little to do. A few perfunctory drills and 
parades were held but nothing that seriously interfered with our joy 
over the fact that we were actually headed for home, and that it was 
a ([uestion only of days before our packs would be made up for the 
last time in France. 

Bordeaux treated us kindly; there were shops and restaurants 
and other things to investigate, but despite the many opportunities 
offered, the regiment left the area with a reputation of being one of 
the best outfits that ever went through. The Chamber of Commerce 
gave Division a most interesting reception where gifts were pre- 
sented, and before the stay was completed, the Second Battalion took 
part in a ceremony for the presentation of medals to French and 
American soldiers. 

Saturday, May 10th, the Third Battalion and the Machine Gun 
Company embussed and were detached finally from the regiment. 
The balance of the regiment, on May 11th, set out on the fifty kilo- 
meter hike to the embarkation camps. South of Bordeaux, an over- 
night halt was made, and on the following day, we marched through 
the city to the First Camp. 

While the men passed through the ordeal of "The Mill," Captain 
Dane, and the company clerks fought their final battle of paper work. 
On the 16th came the welcome order to go home. The Third Bat- 
talion and Machine Gun Company had already sailed on the "Pana- 
man" and the balance of the regiment took its last short hike to the 
docks, and the "Julia Luckenbach." 

We landed at New York Harbor on May 29th, and proceeded 
at once to Camp Dix. On June 5th, the regiment ceased to exist and 
the day following our members departed to the forty-five states 
represented by the commissioned and enlisted personnel. 





GEN. McRAE AND THE COLONEL 




THE "JULIA LUCKENBACH" 




EMBARKING AT BORDEAUX 



TRAINING AREA AND DEMOBILIZATION 



221 



G. H. Q. 

AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, 

FRANCE, February 28, 1919. 
GENERAL ORDERS 

No. 38-A 

MY FELLOW SOLDIERS: 

Now that your service with the American Expeditionary Forces is about 
to terminate, I cannot let you go without a personal word. At the call to 
arms, the patriotic young manhood of America eagerly responded and became 
the formidable army whose decisive victories testify to its efficiency and its 
valor. With the support of the nation firmly united to defend the cause of 
liberty, our army has executed the will of the people with resolute purpose. 
Our democracy has been tested, and the forces of autocracy have been de- 
feated. To the glory of the citizen-soldier, our troops have faithfully ful- 
filled their trust, and in a succession of brilliant offensive have overcome the 
menace to our civilization. 

As an individual, your part in the world war has been an important one 
in the sum total of our achievements. Whether keeping lonely vigil in the 
trenches, or gallantly storming the enemy's stronghold ; whether enduring 
monotonous drudgery at the rear, or sustaining the fighting line at the front, 
each has bravely and efficiently played his part. By willing sacrifice of per- 
sonal rights; by cheerful endurance of hardship and privation; by vigor, 
strength and indomitable will, made effective by thorough organization and 
cordial co-operation, you inspired the war-worn Allies with new life and 
turned the tide of threatened defeat into overwhelming victory. 

With a consecrated devotion to duty and a will to conquer, you have 
loyally served your country. By your exemplary conduct a standard has 
been established and maintained never before attained by any army. With 
mind and body as clean and strong as the decisive blows you delivered 
against the foe, you are soon to return to the pursuits of peace. In leaving 
the scenes of your victories, may I ask that you carry home your high ideals 
and continue to live as you have served — an honor to the principles for 
which you have fought and to the fallen comrades you leave behind. 

It is with pride in our success that I extend to you my sincere thanks 
for your splendid service to the army and to the nation. 

Faithfully, 

John J. Pershing, 

Commander-in-Chief. 
OFFICIAL: 

Robert C. Davis, 

Adjutant General. 

(A copy of this order, bearing a reproduction of the autograph signature 
of the Commander-in-Chief, was distributed to every officer and enlisted man 
present with the regiment on May 10, 1919, at and near Cadillac, France.) 



PART VII 
CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



TABLES AND LISTS OF BATTLE CASUALTIES 

1. The following tables and lists of casualties do not include 
men evacuated to hospital on the diagnosis, ''Gas, slight," who were 
returned to duty in ten days or less. Deaths due to accident and to 
disease are likewise not included. 

2. The few casualties entered under dates in June and July 
occurred during a tour of observation in the British Line, Ypres and 
Hazebrouck Sectors, by selected non-commissioned officers. 

3. Numerous casualties were reported a day or more after they 
occurred, the precise date of the casualty not being reported. This 
is the case, for example, under the date of October 20th. The 
casualties shown in the table for that date, except a few, occurred 
during the preceding four days. 

4. Thirty-five individuals were wounded twice, the two wounds 
in each case being received on different dates. 

5. Officers reported ''Missing" : Second Lieutenant Harvey L. 
Cory, Machine Gun Company, on September 22, 1918, was mortally 
wounded during the Raid on Mon Plaisir Ferme and was captured 
by the Gennans. He is reported to have died, a prisoner, a few 
days later. 

Second Lieutenant Morrell Smith, Company "C," missing since 
October 18, 1918, was slightly wounded early on the morning of 
that day. He was last seen in the Bois des Loges as he started back 
for the Battalion Aid Station, accompanied by his orderly. Neither 
he nor his orderly ever reached the aid station, and have been carried 
as "missing" since that date. The Lieutenant and his orderly are 
believed to have been again wounded or possibly killed outright and 
their bodies never recovered. 

First Lieutenant Kenneth F. Cramer, Second Battalion Intelli- 
gence Officer, on November 5, 1918, at the most northerly point 
reached by any member of the regiment or the brigade, was wounded 
in the foot and the men of his patrol killed. He was taken prisoner 
by the Germans, sent to the interior of Germany and, some weeks 
after the signing of the Armistice, was repatriated and admitted to 
hospital. He rejoined the regiment after his discharge from hospital. 

224 , 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 225 



BATTLE CASUALTIES 

(Arranged by Sectors of the Front) 



Killed Wounded 
and Died and Missing Total 

of Wounds Gassed 



British Front 










(June and July, 1918) 


1 


3 




4 


St. Mihiel Offensive 










(11 p.m. Sept. 15 to midnight, 










Sept. 16/17, 1918) 


6 


20 




26 


St. Mihiel Defensive, Limey Sector 










(midnight, Sept. 16/17 to 4 a.m.. 










Oct. 5, 1918) 


118 


530 


33 


681 


Meuse-Argonne Offensive 










(Oct. 16, to Nov. 5, 1918) 


185 


842 


64 


1091 


Totals 


310 


1395 


97 


1802 



226 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



BATTLE CASUALTIES 

(Arranged by Companies and Detachments) 



OFFICERS 


Killed 
and Died 
of Wounds 


Wounded 

and 

Gassed 


Ist Batallion Headquarters and 
Intelligence Section 


1 


2nd Battalion Headquarters and 
Intelligence Section 


2 


3rd Battalion Headquarters and 
Intelligence Section 


1 


Headquarters Company 1 




Machine Gun Company 


3 


Company A 1 


1 


Company B 


3 


Company C 1 




Company D 


2 


Company E 


2 


Company F 


2 


Company G 


4 


Company H 


4 


Company I 1 


2 


Company K 1 


3 


Company L 1 


3 


Company M 


3 


Sanitary Detachment 1 





Missing 



ENLISTED MEN 






Killed 
and Died 
of Wounds 


Wounded 
and M 
Gassed 


issing 


Total 




10 


1 


12 


3 


6 




12 




6 


2 


9 


9 


83 


1 


94 


5 


45 


10 


64 


28 


107 


10 


147 


24 


88 


3 


118 


16 


81 


4 


103 


34 


118 


3 


157 


12 


96 


3 


113 


18 


86 


5 


109 


22 


100 


3 


129 


14 


75 


3 


96 


34 


106 


6 


148 


25 


104 


15 


148 


23 


106 


13 


146 


37 


128 


13 


181 


1 


14 




16 



Totals 



36 



303 



1359 



94 



1802 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



227 



DAILY BATTLE CASUALTIES 



Oct. 



June 25 
29 
July 8 
Sept. 15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
21 
28 
29 
30 
31 
1 
2 

3 
4 

5 
11 
23 
28 



Nov, 



OFFICERS 

Died of 
Killed Wounds Wounded Gassed Mis,sing 



27 



ENLISTED MEN 

Died of 
Killed Wounds Wounded Gassed Missin^ 
1 



6 
12 
10 
10 

6 

9 

24 

2 

4 
3 
4 



2 
1 
2 

15 
10 
13 
15 
43* 

4 
1 
1 



1 
5 
1 
1 
37 

3 

2 



3 
16 
26 
39 
64 
30 
21 
121 
21 
21 
7 

16 

8 

15 

2 

9 

2 

2 

4 

11 

8 

139 

44 

86 

66 

45 

3 

5 

8 

10 



1 
9 
6 

92 
2 

18 



1 
2 
3 
3 

i 

10 
3 
2 
1 

6 
6 



5 

1 

43 

8 
62 
63 
78 
44 
17 



260 



43' 



984 



30 



1 
9 
28 
3 
1 



375 



94 



Total 

1 

2 

1 

3 

23 

41 

54 

79 

37 

32 

191 

30 

24 

13 

22 

24 

23 

2 

17 

3 

9 



58 

16 

225 

123 

190 

156 

113 



11 

9 

13 

fl 

4 

15 

8 

1 

164 

4 

22 
3 
1 
1 
1 
1 

1802 



* The figures cover many killed Oct. 16, 17, 18, and 19, but not reported until Oct. 20. 
*•• Includes 14 others, died of wounds, whose dates of death were not reported from Hospital. 



228 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



KILLED IN ACTION 



Name 

Agresta, Raeffale 
Albanese, Pasquale 
Albertson, Carl O. 
Alger, Earl R. 
Allen, Carl W. 
Arena, Francisco 
Aubin, Frank 
Aurelius, James H, 

Bailey, Martin J. 
Balek, William 
Ball, George R. 
Bassett, Ralph F. 
Bavia, Salvatore 
Baxter, Floyd L. 
Bechtold, Elmer G. 
Becker, Fred A. 
Belvito, Giovanno 
Bergman, Abraham 
Berkhoflf, Jacob 
Biondi, Thomas 
Bires, Joseph 
Boettner, Walter H. 
Bogalio, Rocco 
Both, Emil 
Bowman, Edward 
Briggs, Roy A. 
Brightman, Robert L. 
Brown, Harry L. 
Brownlee, Joseph 
Busey, C. B. 
Bush, John J. 
Butler, Edward L. 
Byers, Roy F. 
Cadden, Joseph F. 
Canosa, Antonio 
Carsini, Henry 
Cavaliere, Carmine 
Cervoni, Gaetano 
Champion, Henry J. 
Chapin, Bert 
Chodash, Abe M. 
Ciavolella, Emelio 
Cifu, John 
Civitella, Vincenzo 
Clarke, James 
Cleary, John B. 
Cleiman, Jack 
Cogswell, Walter L. 



Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/27/18 


Corp. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Corp. 


B 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Sgt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/1.. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/30/18 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/20/18 


Corp. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


10/29/18 


Corp. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Corp. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


10/29/18 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Corp. 


D 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/27/18 


vSgt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Corp. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


2 Lieut. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Pvt. 


MG 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/29/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Pvt. 


c • 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


San. Dt. 


Thiaucourt 


9/25/18 


Pvt. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


10/26/18 


Corp. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Pvt. 


D 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 2/18 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



229 



KILLED IN ACTION (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Cohen, Joseph L. 


Pvt. 


B 


Cohendet, Louis C. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


MG 


Cole, Fred C. 


Pvt. 


D 


Conforti, Edward 


Pvt. 


I 


Cook, Joseph J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


Hq 


Costa, Guiseppe 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Couture, Israel 


Pvt. 


I 


Crandall, Elmer E. 


Sgt. 


K 


Crego, Fred J. 


Corp. 


2bn Is 


Crosley, Ernest W. 


Pvt. 


M 


Crystal, Morris 


Pvt. 


B 


Curran, Thomas 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Dahm, John M. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


D'Antuono, Luigi 


Pvt. 


M 


De Carlo, Antonio 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


L 


De Matti, Nicholas 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


De Raimo, John 


Pvt. 


H 


Di Amico Allesandro 


Pvt. 


G 


Di Michele, Ruggerio 


Pvt. 


B 


Di Viesti, Pasquale 


Pvt. 


C 


Dixon, Arthur S. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


Dobrowolski, Stanislaw 


Pvt. 


C 


Donato, James 


Pvt. 


G 


Doughty, Christopher 


Corp. 


L 


Dowd, Charles A. 


Pvt. 


M 


Driscoll, Mert 


Pvt. 


D 


Dugan, John 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Dultz, Louis 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Earl, John Y. 


Pvt. 


M 


Efros, Samuel 


Pvt. 


I 


Fanello, Nicola 


Pvt. 


E 


Farley, Henry W. 


Corp. 


K 


Fay, Phillip J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Ferrereese, John 


Pvt. 


L 


Fessenden, Fay F. 


Corp. 


M 


Fitzgibbon, Michael 


Corp. 


C 


Flanagan, John G. 


Pvt. 


M 


Foley, John 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


L 


Frazzoli, Rocco 


Pvt. 


A 


Fronzcak, Frank 


Pvt. 


M 


Gauthier, Rene 


Pvt. 


M 


Germond, Alfred T. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


Giguere, Donat J. 


Pvt. 


M 


Giosi, Antonio 


Pvt. 


I 


Goodman, Louis 


Pvt. 


M 


Gorczynski, John 


Pvt. 


E 


Grover, Walter 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


L 


Gryp, Andre 


Pvt. 


C 



Place 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
vSt. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 



Date 

9/30/18 

9/16/18 

11/ 1/18 

9/16/18 

9/17/18 

ia/26/18 

10/19/18 

11/ 1/18 

10/22/18 

9/22/18 

10/20/18 

9/20/18 

10/20/18 

10/17/18 

9/16/18 

9/26/18 

9/18/18 

9/19/18 

10/20/18 

10/18/18 

10/20/18 

10/16/18 

10/20/18 

9/19/18 

9/22/18 

10/20/18 

10/18/18 

9/28/18 

9/30/18 

11/ 1/81 

9/17/18 

10/16/18 

9/22/18 

9/19/18 

9/22/18 

9/19/18 

10/17/18 

10/17/18 

9/22/18 

10/17/18 

10/19/18 

10/20/18 

9/22/18 

11/ 1/18 

10/19/18 

9/22/18 

9/17/18 

10/20/18 



230 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



KILLED IN ACTION (Continued) 



Name Rank 

Gudinas, John Pvt. 

Gugleman, Fred J. Pvt. 

Hadley, Lloyd Sgt. 

Haley, Michael J. Pvt. 

Halladay, Henry P. Sgt. 

Harrigan, Lawrence Pvt. 

Hartnett, William Sgt. 

Harz, John A. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Herbert, William Corp. 

Hery, Edward C. Pvt. 

Hill, Robert M. Pvt. 

Hirshfeld, Louis I. Pvt. 

Hitchcock, Craig W. Pvt. 

Hockey, Ralph Pvt. 1 CI. 

Hopkins, Harvey Pvt. 

Horswell, Raymond Pvt. 

Hourihan, John Pvt. 

Houston, Seldon C. Corp. 

Humiston, Andrew E. Mech. 

Jagnow, William Pvt, 1 CI. 

Johnson, David L. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Johnson, Hilding G. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Johnson, John E. Pvt. 

Kammerer, Otto Pvt. 1 CI. 

Kanka, Joseph Pvt, 

Karkut, Emil Pvt. 

Kavanagh, Thomas J. Corp. 

Kearns, Martin Pvt. 1 CI. 

Keller, John Sgt. 

Kellogg, Clark M. Bugl. 

Kelly, Edward M. Corp. 

Kennedy, Joseph B. Pvt. 

Klindt, Julius 1st Sgt. 

Klippert, Ronald A. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Kloepping, Alfred Pvt. 

Krebs, Charles W. Mech. 

Krinsky, Alex Pvt. 

Kruse, Frank Pvt. 

Kuenzel, Walter M. Corp. 

Laemmel, Michael P. Pvt. 

La Forge, Thad H. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Landon, Richard Corp. 

Lang, George Mech. 

Lariviere, Lucien Bugl. 

La Roche, Wilfred Pvt. 

Lehnen, John Pvt. 

Lehwald, Herman Pvt. 



Company 

L 

MG 

D 

E 

A 

K 

Hq 

MG 

H 

M 

B 

D 

B 

L 

L 

B 

L 

H 

I 

C 
B 
I 
L 

F 
K 
K 
I 
F 
M 
K 
Hq 
D 
I 
A 
A 
M 
A 
A 
K 

A 

T 
X 

J 

K 

I 

D 

Hq 
I 



Place 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Verrieres 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 

Bois des Loges 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Verrieres 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 



Date 

10/19/18 

9/16/18 

9/30/18 

9/17/18 

10/20/18 

9/22/18 

9/16/18 

9/22/18 

11/ 3/18 

9/21/18 

10/20/18 

9/21/18 

11/ 1/18 

11/ 1/18 

10/28/18 

9/27/18 

9/22/18 

11/ 3/18 

11/ 1/18 

9/22/18 
10/18/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/16/18 

9/18/18 

11/ 1/18 

10/24/18 

10/16/18 

9/18/18 

9/22/18 

11/ 1/18 

9/20/18 

10/20/18 

11/ 1/18 

9/30/18 

9/25/18 

9/30/18 

10/ 4/18 

9/25/18 

10/19/18 

9/25/18 
10/16/18 
11/ 1/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/31/18 
10/18/18 

9/19/18 
10/16/18 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



231 



KILLED IN ACTION (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Lepper, William H., Jr. 


Pvt. 


D 


Lepple, William C. 


Pvt. 


I 


Lesnoy, Joseph 


Pvt. 


D 


Levandoske, Frank 


Pvt. 


G 


Lewis, John 


Pvt. 


F 


Licbold, Owen 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


L 


Livingston, John R. 


Corp. 


L 


Loeffler, Joseph J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


Lookhoff, John H. 


Pvt. 


M 


Luber, Michael J. 


Pvt. 


K 


Ludwig, Henr}^ H. 


Pvt. 


M 


Lundberg, Rudolph 


Pvt. 


F 


Lynch, Thomas J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


Lyons, Thomas 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


McCool, Patrick J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


McGovem, James J. 


Corp. 


I 


McGuire, Michael J. 


Corp. 


M 


McKenna, Edward 


Pvt. 


F 


Macesko, Joseph 


Pvt. 


K 


Maggard, Henry 


Pvt. 


G 


Mecchiarelli, Bernardo 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Megrdichian, Enovk 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Miller, Carl 0. 


Corp. 


K 


Miller, Fred S. 


Corp. 


B 


Minore, Joseph 


Pvt. 


B 


Molandrino, Luigi 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


Morretti, Santi 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


Moshier, George W. 


Corp.. 


L 


Motl, Michael J. 


Pvt. 


H 


Muller, Michael 


Corp. 


D 


Mulligan, George A. 


Pvt. 


L 


Murino, Andrew B. 


Pvt. 


E 


Murphy, James H. 


Pvt. 


I 


Murphy, John 


Pvt. 


G 


Nawrocky, Frank L. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Niles, Granville S. 


Corp. 


C 


Norton, Herbert B. 


Corp. 


I 


Nugent, Francis 0. 


Corp. 


F 


O'Connell, James M. 


Pvt. 


M 


O'Connor, Edward F. 


1 Lieut. 


A 


Ottati, Anello 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Padula, Saverio 


Pvt. 


C 


Pendlebury, James B, 


Pvt. 


M 


Petnicci, wSalvatore 


Pvt. 


I 


Pohl, Reinhold E. 


Pvt. 


G 


Pucci, Andrea 


Pvt. 


B 



Place 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 

Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 
Verrieres 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 

St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 



Date 

10/20/18 
10/19/18 
10/20/18 

9/20/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/29/18 
10/17/18 

9/22/18 
10/16/18 
10/16/18 
10/29/18 

9/18/18 

9/17/18 
10/20/18 

11/ 1/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/22/18 

9/18/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/17/18 
10/18/18 

9/22/18 
10/16/18 
10/20/18 

9/30/18 

9/22/18 
10/20/18 

9/26/18 
10/20/18 
10/20/18 

9/22/18 

9/17/18 
10/16/18 

9/20/18 

10/20/18 
11/ 4/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/20/18 

10/17/18 

10/17/18 

9/18/18 

10/20/18 
10/22/18 
9/18/18 
10/20/18 
10/20/18 



232 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



KILLED IN ACTION (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Place 


Quinn, Albert L. 


Corp. 


MG 


Thiau court 


Quiri, Robert 


Sgt. 


F 


Thiaucourt 


Rabenstein, George H. 


Corp. 


D 


Bois des Loges 


Ransom, Raymond R. 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


Rappaport, Abraham 


Corp. 


I 


St. Juvin 


Reagan, Cornelius R. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


Render, John H. 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


Rice, Peter E. 


Pvt. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


Richardson, Irving J. 


Sgt. 


C 


St. Juvin 


Rieker, Charles L. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


Riley, Frank 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


Riley, Ralph R. 


Sgt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


Robertson, Albert C. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


Robinson, George J. 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


Rogers, Leslie B. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


Russo, Vincent 


Pvt. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


Sanitar, Fred W. 


Corp. 


D 


Bois des Loges 


Schaller, Theodore L. 


Pvt. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


Schmitt, Domenic T. 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


Schmitzer, William 


Pvt. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


Schroeder, George J. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


Secor, John H. 


Sgt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


Senft, JuHus T. 


Pvt. 


F 


Bois des Loges 


vShager, Theodore 


Corp. 


F 


Bois des Loges 


Shannaburg, Charles E. 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


Shapiro, Herman A. 


Corp. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


Shapiro, Max 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


Sherwood, Robert A. 


1 Lieut. 


San Dt. 


Thiaucourt 


Shine, Alfred J. 


Corp. 


2 bn Is. 


Bois des Loges 


Sicilia, Louis 


Pvt. 


D 


Bois des Loges 


Siegelbaum, Hyman 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


Simmons, Albert J. 


Pvt. 


D 


Bois des Loges 


Simonovitz, Alexander 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


St. Juvin 


Siner, Earl R. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


Skrebtienko, John 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


Smith, Edward 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


Smith, George H. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


Smith, Harold C. 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


Smith, Henry 


Corp. 


?q 


Ypres Sector 


Smith, Walden F. 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


Smith, Warren N. 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


Snell, Stephen 


Pvt. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


Splett, Bennie 


Corp. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


Stevens, Walter L. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


Straffi, Adolfo 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


Bois des Loges 


Suydam, Charlton R. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


Bois des Loges 


Suznowski, Alexander 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


Swititsky, Abraham 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


Thiaucourt 



Date 

10/ 3/18 
9/18/18 

10/20/18 

9/22/18 
10/16/18 
11/ 1/18 
' 9/20/18 
10/19/18 
10/18/18 

9/17/18 

9/17/18 
10/16/18 
10/18/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/21/18 

9/27/18 
11/ 1/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/19/18 

9/27/18 
10/18/18 
10/19/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/20/18 

9/28/18 
11/ 1/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/17/18 
10/22/18 
10/20/18 

9/30/18 
10/20/18 
10/16/18 

9/19/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/ 2/18 

9/17/18 
11/ 1/18 

7/ 8/18 
10/18/18 

9/21/18 
10/20/18 
10/20/18 
10/17/18 
10/20/18 
10/20/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/23/18 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



zoo 



KILLED IN ACTION (Continued) 



Name Rank 

Taber, Walter M. Corp. 

Thune, Louis Corp, 

Torchia, Samuel Pvt. 

Torti, Nicola Pvt. 

Tripp, Albion R. Pvt. 

Tnicano, Joseph Pvt. 

Tunilo, Alex Pvt. 

-Tuttle, Jeptha J. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Uszensky, Stanislaw Pvt. 

Vanderzell, Michael Pvt. 1 CI. 

Van Fleet, Paul Pvt. 1 CI. 

Van Harren, Henry Pvt. 

Walsh, Albert W. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Warner, Clayton Pvt. 1 CI. 

Weiner, Benjamin Pvt. 

Weinschultz, William Sgt. 

Wetzler, Irving Pvt. 

White, Stephen S. Pvt. 

Willard, William Corp. 

Witzel, Chrystal Corp. 

Woehr, Otto Pvt. 

Woodruff, Thomas H. Corp. 

Yaramchuk, John Pvt. 1 CI. 

Youmans, Elbert Pvt. 1 CI. 

Zimmerman, Edward G. Pvt. 

Zook, Samuel A. Pvt. 



Company 

L 
G 
F 
K 

M 
F 
C 
I 

K 

B 

Hq 

L 

G 
2 bn Is. 
M 
C 
M 
M 
K 
B 
M 
F 

H 
L 

A 
A 



Place 

St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Verrieres 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 

Verrieres 
Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 



Date 

10/17/18 
9/19/18 
9/19/18 
9/23/18 

11/ 1/18 
9/19/18 

10/20/18 

10/ 4/18 

9/26/18 

10/20/18 

9/21/18 

11/ 1/18 

9/19/18 

10/22/18 
10/19/18 
11/ 4/18 
10/17/18 

9/30/18 
10/23/18 
10/20/18 

9/22/18 
10/20/18 

11/ 3118 
9/22/18 

11/ 1/18 
11/ 1/18 



Name 
Barbarito, Anthony 
Beale, Walker B. 
Bedard, Ovila 
Brophy, Henry 



Cappalletto, Nazzareno 
Camevale, Tony 
Carroll, John E. 
Crisp, Arthur 
Cross, Harley, D. 



DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION * 

Rank Company Place 

Pvt. L 

1 Lieut. I 

Corp. A 

Mech. G 

Pvt. I 

Pvt. C 

Pvt. A 

Pvt. C 

Pvt. 1 CI. A 



Date 

9/23/18 

9/18/18 

11/23/18 

10/20/18 

9/23/18 

10/28/18 

9/2i/i8 
9/26/18 



* Not included in list of wounded, following. Where date of death is omitted, 
the record of same was not furnished by the hospital. 



234 CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 

DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION (Continued) 

Name Rank Company Place Date 

Dangelo, Antonio Pvt. A 

Donohue, Walter E. Captain K 11/2/18 

Dorward, Thomas O. Pvt. I 9/26/18 

Flyght, Eric K. Pvt. E 

Franchi, Eugene A. Pvt. C 

Gossoo, William S. Pvt. A 

Grella, Angelo Pvt. D 9/19/18 

Gulliksen, Harry Pvt. E 

Gurgel, William C. Pvt. H 9/27/18 

Hassenfratz, William Pvt. M 

Hermanson, Herman I. Pvt. M 10/22/18 

Hinkley, Joseph Pvt. L 9/27/18 

Johnston, Harold F. Pvt. B 9/18/18 

Kaslowitz, Harry Pvt. 1 CI. D 9/23/18 

Krakau, John H. Corp. G 10/19/18 

Kratz, Adam Pvt. 1 CI. A 

Lefebvre, Eugene Pvt. B 10/20/18 

Lipari, Samuel Corp. E 11/26/18 

Low, Clarence W. Pvt. M 9/23/18 

Malatesta, Gaetano Pvt. D 

Mariotte, Alfred R. Sgt. G 

Micelotta, Nicola Pvt. H 11/11/18 

Miller, George W. Sgt. D 

Parcells, Fred P. Pvt. Hq 11/2/18 

Perone, Michael Pvt. D 10/1/18 

Roach, John Pvt. * D 

Rockwood, Richard B. 2 Lieut. Hq 9/28/18 

Sarlo, William Pvt. C 9/25/18 

Scruggs, Samuel J. 2 Lieut. C 10/21/18 

Seemann, Miller Sgt. D 

Sickenberger, Frank Pvt. 1 CI. L 11/4/18 

Stadtmiller, Irving A. Pvt. K 9/27/18 

Stancarone, Pasquale Pvt. D 

Striemer, James R. Pvt. B 9/26/18 

Thies, Gustav Pvt. 1 CI. G 10/17/18 

Wolf, Alfred Corp. H 10/19/18 

Wolf, Alexander C. Pvt. 1 CI. E 10/19/18 

Yahn, FredC. Pvt. I 9/27/18 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



235 



WOUNDED AND GASSED 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Abrams, Levi 


Pvt. 


C 


Accordino, Edward J. 


Sgt. 


E 


Adams, John J. 


Corp. 


A 


Allen, Clarence 


Sgt. 


H 


Allen, Isadore 


Pvt. 


MG 


Allen, John M. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Alonzo, Pasquale 


Pvt. 


A 


Alphonso, Angelo 


Pvt. 


K 


Amabile, Joseph 


Pvt. 


'G 


Ambler, Foster J. 


Cpt. 


F 


Amerman, Percy E. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Amling, George B. 


Corp. 


MG 


Amstibofsky, Isidore 


Pvt. 


D 


Amtmann, George J. 


Pvt. 


B 


Anderson, Axel R. 


Pvt. 


M 


Anderson, Edward R. 


Pvt. 


F 


Anderson, Harry E. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Anderson, Thomas 


Pvt. 


C 


Anderson, Walter E. 


Pvt. 


I 


Anderson, William A. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Andresen, Torleif E. 


Pvt. 


I 


Andrus, Clayton B. 


Mech. 


B 


Ange, Tony 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


Annala, Arthur 


Pvt. 


M 


Appelbaum, Max 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Ardelt, Richard E. 


Pvt. 


M 


Arduini, Joseph 


Bugl. 


D 


Argana, Charles J. 


Corp. 


B 


Argen, Joseph C. 


Pvt. 


MG 


Armstrong, Nathaniel 


Sgt. 


A 


Arneson, Einer A. 


Pvt. 


M 


Arnold, Harry H. 


Pvt. 


B 


Arnone, Salvatore 


Pvt. 


H 


Aronson, Meyer 


Pvt. 


A 


Arrighi, Edward J. 


Pvt. 


A 


Atsaves, Andrew 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


Aucoin, George T. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Auger, Aime 


Pvt. 


M 


Ausman, Loomis M. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Avelar, Edward 


Pvt. 


L 


Baer, Joseph E. 


Pvt. 


2 bn Is. 


Baets, Adolph 


Pvt. 


K 


Baillargeon, Eddy P. 


Corp. 


I 


Baker, Carl 


Pvt. 


M 


Balchaitis, Tony 


Pvt. 


F 


Balczewic, Antoni 


Pvt. 


M 


Bamberger, George W. 


Pvt. 


A 


Barile, Ferdenando 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


Barker, Leon J. 


Corp. 


B 



Place 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Verrieres 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
TJiiaucourt 
Verrieres 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Verrieres 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 



Date 

10/19/18 

10/18/18 

9/21/18 

10/16/18 

9/28/18 

11/ 2/18 

9/17/18 

10/22/18 

9/19/18 

10/18/18 

9/20/18 

10/16/18 

9/17/18 

9/22/18 

10/16/18 

10/19/18 

9/24/18 

9/19/18 

9/22/18 

9/22/18 

11/ 1/18 

9/17/18 

9/17/18 

10/20/18 

10/17/18 

10/16/18 

9/22/18 

11/ 1/18 

9/23/18 

10/19/18 

10/16/18 

9/18/18 

11/ 3/18 

9/22/18 

9/22/18 

9/27/18 

10/16/18 

9/22/18 

9/19/18 

9/22/18 

9/21/18 

11/ 1/18 

11/ 1/18 

9/16/18 

9/19/18 

9/24/18 

9/24/18 

11/ 1/18 

10/18/18 



236 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 
Barrett, Thomas R. 
Barrone, Frank 
Barry, William 
Barton, Orlando 
Bau, Jacob 
Baum, Isador 
Baxter, Ernest 
Beattle, Erwin 
Beck, David M. 
Becker, Miles 
Becraft, William H. 
Beebe, Howard H. 
Bell, John J. 
Belowske, Fred G. 
Ben Amselam Houssian 
Benedict, Anthony C. 
Benke, Julius 
Bennett, Fred 
Bennett, John E. 
Bennett, Walter S. 

Benjamin, Harry 

Bergstrom, George A. 
Berical, Charles A. 
Berlin, Henry C. 
Berman, Morris 
Bernstein, Benny A. 
Berry, Leon R. 
Betikofer, Glenn W. 
Bettez, Armand 
Bexant, William D. 
Bieger, Frank 
Bildstein, Joseph 
Bisnett, Harold F. 
Bliter, John 
Blomquist, Clarence 
Bloss, Raymond J. 
Bobin, William 
Boch, Henry A. 
Boeger, Harry 
Boelk, Albert F. 
Bogen, Max 
Bohlman, Levi 
Bois, Joseph E. 
Bonito, Francisco 
Boorom, Charles H. 
Borrally, Fred 
Boruch, Stanley 
Bosse, Arthur L. 



Rank 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Corp. 

Pvt. 

Corp. 

Pvt. 

Corp. 

Corp. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Corp. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Corp. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Corp. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Bugl. 

Pvt. 

Corp. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Bugl. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 



1 CI. 



1 CI. 



1 CI. 



Company 

I 

L 

E 

E 

D 

A 

F 
- A 

A 

I 

M 

G 

E 

M 

B 

K 

K 

L 
3 bn Is. 

K 



K 

C 

D 

I 

B 

F 

I 

L 

M 

L 

C 

G 

G 

M 

G 

M 

C 

L 

M 

G 

M 

M 

K 

Hq 

E 

H 

B 



Place 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
vSt. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucom*t 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
' Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
vSt. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 



Date 
9/23/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/20/18 
10/16/18 
10/17/18 
9/22/18 
10/16/18 
10/18/18 
9/22/18 
10/16/18 
10/17/18 
9/19/18 
10/17/18 
10/16/18 
9/19/18 
10/16/18 
9/21/18 
9/22/18 
10/16/18 
9/22/18 
9/28/18 
10/18/18 
10/16/18 
9/19/18 
10/18/18 
10/16/18 
9/25/18 
10/16/18 
10/16/18 
10/23/18 
10/16/18 
9/22/18 
9/26/18 
10/18/18 
10/ 4/18 
10/16/18 
10/19/18 
10/18/18 
10/17/18 
9/19/18 
10/20/18 
9/28/18 
10/16/18 
9/30/18 
10/16/18 
10/ 4/18 
10/ 5/18 
10/16/18 
9/19/18 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LLSTS 



237 



WOI 

Name 


JNDED AN! 

Rank 


) GASSED 

Company 


(Continued) 
Place 


Date 


Bottiggi, John M. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


( Thiaucourt 
\ St. Juvin 


9/30/18 
10/18/18 


Boucher, Jean B. 


Pvt. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Boucher, John E. 


Corp. 


D 


■ f Thiaucourt 
\ St. Juvin 


9/30/18 
10/18/18 


Bouse, Fred 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Bove, Charles A. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 5/18 


Boyle, John A. 


Corp. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Bradley, John J. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Brander, John A. 


Pvt. 


San Dt. 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/19 


Briedinger, Rollin T. 


Corp. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Brennan, Wallace W. 


Pvt. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Bresnahan, Maurice A. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Bretz, Ludlow E. 


Captain 


A 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Bronson, Jesse E. 


Corp. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Brotman, Morris 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Brotman, Samuel A. 


Pvt. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Brown, Carl M. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


2 bn Is. 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Brown, Harry L. 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Brown, Percy A. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Brugger, Edward 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Brumberg, Nathan 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Bruno, Guiseppe 


Pvt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Buber, John 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Buckley, Robert E. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


MG 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


BuUinger, Frank B. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


BuUinger, Theodore M. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 


Burd, Isaac 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Burke, Arthur L. 


Pvt. 


M 


r Thiaucourt 
\ St. Juvin 


9/23/18 
10/16/18 


Burke, Joseph A. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Burke, William J. 


Corp. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Burns, Walter J. 


Corp. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/24/18 


Burns, Daniel F. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Burns, Frank W. 


Sgt. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Burns, James J, 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


10/24/18 


Burns, Peter 


Corp. 


C 


Verrieres 


11/ 3/18 


Burrelli, Peter 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Butler, Edward L. 


Pvt. 


MG 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Byer, Roy C. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


( Thiaucourt 
\ Bois des Loges 


9/23/18 
10/19/18 


Byers, Otto J. 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Cafararo, Angelo 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Cafaro, Umberto 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Cafferty, Edwin 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Cahill, George E. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Caiola, Guiseppe 


Corp. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 3/18 


Calabretta, Nicola 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 2/18 


Calishote, Angelo 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 



238 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LLSTS 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Placa 


Date 


Call, Asa J. 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/23/18 


Callahan, Charles A. 


Pvt. 




Hq 


St. Juvin 


10//1718 


Calvano, Louis 


Pvt. 


, 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Cambio, Alesandro 


Pvt. 




M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Campbell, Albert A. 


Pvt. 




H 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Campbell, Theodore H. 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Canova, Carl 


Pvt. 




K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Cannavo, Antonio 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


San Dt. 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Capreta, Louis 


Pvt. 




C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Card, Lee W. 


Capl 


:ain 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Carey, Arthur W. 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Carfano, Oscar 


Pvt. 




A 


Thiaucourt 


9/24/18 


Carlone, Peter 


Pvt. 


- 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Carlson, Herman E. 


Pvt. 




M 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Carlson, Frank B. 


Pvt. 




C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Carmichael, Patrick 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/26/18 


Caron, Eugene A. 


Pvt. 




M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Carr, George W. 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


Carr, Patrick J. 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Carrajat, Julius 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Carrigan, Thomas 


Sgt. 




F 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Carroll, Bernard J. 


Pvt. 




H 


Verrieres 


11/ 3/18 


Carroll, Bertram J. 


Pvt. 


ICl. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Carroll, Edward J. 


Sgt. 




E 


Thiaucourt 


9/28/18 


Carroll, Thomas F. 


Pvt. 




B 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Carson, James W. 


Pvt. 


ICl. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Caruso, Salvatore 


Pvt. 




G 


Verrieres 


11/ 3/18 


Carvin, Everett E, 


Bugl 




H 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Casey, James J. 


Pvt. 




F 


Bois des Loges 


10/23/18 


Casey, Peter J. 


Pvt. 




C 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Castaglio, Donate 


Pvt. 




K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Castagna, Nicolo 


Pvt. 




K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Cavanaugh, John 


Pvt. 




F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Cean, Arthur L. 


Sgt. 




A 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Celmer, Frank S. 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Ceramella, Michael 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Ceresane, Ferdenando 


Pvt. 




K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Chambers, Charles 


Pvt. 




F 


Thiaucourt 


9/27/18 


Chandler, Harry J, 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


San Dt. 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Chaney, Horace 


Pvt. 




Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Chapin, Bert 


Pvt. 




I 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Charlack, Joseph 


Pvt. 




A 


Thiaucourt 


9/20/18 


Chawin, Eusebe 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Cherstin, Chrest 


Pvt. 


1 CI. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Christianson, Benjamin 


Pvt. 




M 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Cieri, Attillio 


Pvt. 




K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Cihlar, Frank J. 


Pvt. 




M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Cimetto, Pietro 


Pvt. 




I 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Ciurca, Sebastian 


Pvt. 




C 


Verrieres 


11/ 3/18 



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239 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name Rank 

Civitella, Vincenzo Pvt. 

Clarke, Franklin J. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Clark, George Pvt. 

Clark, George A. Pvt. 

Clark, Harold G. Pvt. 

Clark, James J. Pvt. 

Cleary, John Pvt. 1 CI. 

Clemmer, Walter Pvt. 

Cleri, Nazareno Pvt. 1 CI. 

Cleveland, Floyd E. Pvt. 

Cline, Sidney L. Pvt. 

Cluff, Roy Pvt. 

Cohan, Jerry J. Pvt. 

Cohen, Benjamin Pvt. 

Coleman, Le Roy Pvt. 1 CI. 

ColHgan, Henry ]. Pvt. 

Collins, Edward W. Pvt. 

Compton, Patrick Pvt. 

Condoy, John Corp. 

Conkhn, Matthew E. 2 Lieut 

Conlin, John Pvt. 
Constantino, Alexandre Pvt. 

Contento, Frank Pvt. 

Cooney, John F. Corp. 

Cope, Leroy S. Mech. 

Corby, George R. Corp. 

Costa, Guiseppe Pvt. 

Costello, Thomas P. Pvt. 

Covino, Isaac L. J. Pvt. 

Cowan, John A. Pvt. 

Cowie, Walter K. Pvt. 

Cox, William F. Sgt. 

Coyle, Roy P. Pvt. 

Cramer, Kenneth F. 1 Lieut. 

Crane, William R. Sgt. 

Creedon, James Corp. 

Cregan, John T. Pvt. 

Crennen, Leo P. Pvt. 

CroUman, John Jr. Pvt. 

Cronin, William E. Pvt. 

Cross, John S. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Crouch, William C. Corp. 

Crowley, John F. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Culkin, Thomas J. Sgt. 

Cullinan, Joseph D. Corp. 

Cummings, James M. Pvt. 

Cupernall, Ernest Pvt. 



Company 
Hq 
G 
E 
M 
Hq 
D 
I 

M 
E 
D 

MG 
B 
B 
L 
C 
L 
B 

MG 
F 
G 
D 
A 
I 
I 

K 
C 
C 
I 

2 bn Is. 
Hq 
M 

3 bn Is. 
G 

2 bn Is. 



D 
M 
M 
San Dt. 

B 

M 
M 
C 
E 
A 
D 
G 



Place 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
vSt. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucoiu-t 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 

f Thiaucourt 

\ St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 

/ Thiaucourt 

\ St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 



Date 
10/26/18 

9/20/18 
10/19/18 
10/16/18 
10/19/18 

9/17/18 

9/18/18 
10/19/18 
10/18/18 
10/17/18 
10/19/18 
10/18/18 
10/19/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/25/18 
10/20/18 
10/19/18 
10/22/18 

9/22/18 
10/16/18 
10/17/18 
10/18/18 
10/16/18 
10/17/18 
10/23/18 
11/ 1/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/16/18 
10/17/18 

9/24/18 

9/23/18 
10/17/19 

9/20/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/21/18 
10/17/18 
10/17/18 

9/24/18 
10/20/18 

9/26/18 

9/26/18 
10/18/18 

9/24/18 

9/22/18 
10/18/18 
10/19/18 
10/19/18 

9/22/18 

9/19/18 



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WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 
Curnyn, Eugene J. 
Curry, Harry L. 
Curtis, Emery C. 

D'Agostino, Francesco 
Daley, Andrew W. 
Daley, Fred L. 
Daly, James T. 
Daly, John E. 
Danargo, Lawrence 
Danes, Sidney A. 
D'Angella, Peter 
D'Angelo, Lorenzo P. 
D'Angelo, Carmine 
D'Angnenica, Liberto 
Davis, Charles H. 
Davison, Charles L. 
De Angelis, Giampietro 
Decker, Clarence X. 
Degen, Elmer D. 
Degheri, Bernard M. 
De Grand, Osias P. 
De Grave, Benjamin 
De Hart, Harold A. 
De Jardin, Frank F. 
De Joy, Patsy 
De Leo, Peter 
Deliganio, John 
Dellapiazza, Pasquale 
De Lorenzo, Faust 
De Mandel, Philip B. 
Demarino, Severio 
Denton, Percy H. 
De Pasquale, Giacinto 
Derfus, Frank J. 
Derkowski, Stanislaw 
Derrick, Paul J. 
De Saloo, Pietro 
Desaulniers, Emile L. 
Desimone, Rudolph 
De Smet, Georges 
Deterding, Frank J. 
Devito, Nicola 
Devitt, Francis E. 
Devlin, James T. 
Dexter, Alan P. 
Dibble, Arthur G. 
Dick, Bennie 
Dickson, John A. 
Dietrich, William 



Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


Pvt. 


San Dt. 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


Bugl. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Mech. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Corp. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Corp. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Corp. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


■9/22/18 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Corp. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/23/18 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Corp. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/19 


Pvt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Sgt. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Corp. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Mech. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Sgt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/16/18 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


San Dt. 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


Pvt. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 


Pvt. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/26/18 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Pvt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Sgt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 


F 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Corp. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Corp. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Verrieres 


11/ 3/18 



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241 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 
Digeronimo, Frank 
Di Lettera, Nicolino 
DiUer, Charles F. 
Di Natale, Florio 
Dion, Joseph L. 
Diorio, Daniel 
Dittman, Henry 
Dodge, William A. 
Dolan, Leander B. 
Dombroski, Edward 
Donlon, Frank 
Donnelly, John E. 
Donoghue, Frank T. 
Dorico, Michael 
Doty, Kenneth 
Dougherty, Frank M. 
Douglas, William W. 
Dovel, Joseph H. 
D'Ovidio, Simplicio 
Dower, William R. 
Downs, William E. 
Doyle, Michael J. 
Draege, Henry W. 
Drews, Wallace 
Driscoll, Joseph P. 
Duffy, James P. 
Dufresne, Fabian 
Dunham, Harold, M. 
Durkin, Joseph 
Dyer, William F. H. 
Dzik, Andrew 
Eagan, James F, 
Eastland, Joseph F. 
Eccleston, Lewis 
Ederer, Charles 
Edgar, Horace B. 
Edgar, Laurence T. 
Edwards, Ralph W. 
Edwards, William O. 
Ehler, William C. 
Eichsteadt, Paul 
Eisele, Albert 
Ekman, Hjalmar 
Eligator, Harry T. 
Emanuelson, Christian 
Emond, Julian P. 
Emonds, Gregory 
Emptage, William E. 
Engel, Fred N. 



Rank 


Company 


Pvt. 


K 


Pvt. 


D 


Pvt. 


A 


Pvt. 


A 


Pvt. 


D 


Pvt. 


G 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Pvt. 


F 


Pvt. 


C 


Pvt. 


A 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Corp. 


M 


Pvt. 


K 


1 Lieut. 


H 


Corp. 


Hq 


Pvt. 


C 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


Hq 


Pvt. 


M 


Corp. 


C 


Bnd. Sgt. 


Hq 


Corp. 


L 


Pvt. 


K 


Pvt. 


L 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Pvt. 


F 


Corp. 


G 


Pvt. 


C 


Pvt. 


F 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Pvt. 


H 


Corp. 


I 


Pvt. . 


Hq 


Pvt. 


L 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Sgt. 


G 


Pvt. 


E 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


C 


Pvt. 


L 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


1 Lieut, 


M 


Corp. 


E 


Pvt. 


E 


Pvt. 


H 


Pvt. 


M 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


Hq 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


MG 



Place 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 

St. Juvin 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

St. Juvin 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 

St. Juvin 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 

St. Juvin 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 



Date 
11/ 1/18 
10/17/18 
10/18/18 

9/30/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/19/18 
10/18/18 

9/20/18 
10/16/18 

9/22/18 

9/15/18 

9/16/18 
10/19/18 
10/16/18 
10/20/18 
10/ 4/18 
10/18/18 
10/18/18 

9/30/18 
10/18/18 
10/ 4/18 
10/20/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/29/18 
10/ 4/18 
10/20/18 
10/19/18 
10/18/18 
10/17/18 

9/27/18 
10/16/18 
10/16/18 
10/ 4/18 
10/ 4/18 
9/16/19 
10/1&/18 
9/16/18 

9/19/18 
10/ 5/18 
9/19/18 
10/20/18 
10/16/18 
9/22/18 
10/23/18 
10/19/18 

9/19/18 
10/16/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/22/18 



242 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Place . 


Date 


Engle, Frank R. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Ennis, Frank 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Ennist, Bertrand 


Sgt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Erickson, Einar A. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Erickson, Nils 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Errickson, Carl E. 


Corp. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Erskine, James 


Corp. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Esgro, Angelo 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Esposito, Antonio 


Pvt. 


F 


Verrieres 


11/ 3/18 


Esposito, Francesco 


Pvt. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Euvard, William C. 


Sgt. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Ewald, Charles 0. 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Ewald, Henry A. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Exner, James C. 


Sgt. 


P 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Eydt, Harold L 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Ezratty, Avraam 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Ezzie, Joseph 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


/ Thiaucourt 
\ St. Juvin 


10/ 5/18 
10/18/18 


Fahy, Walter M. 


Bugl. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Fairman, Kenneth 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


1 bn Is. 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Falco, Giovanni 


Pvt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Falconer, James 


Pvt. 


3 bn Is. 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Faletta, Paul 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Falvo, Cesare 


Pvt. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Faniello, Guiseppi 


Pvt. 


H 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Farese, Raymond V. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Farmer, George H. 


Pvt. 


1 bn Is. 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Farrel, Thomas A. 


Pvt. 


C 


Thiaucourt 


9/24/18 


Fay, Phillip J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Ferazzoli, George 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 2/18 


Ferguson, Gordon C. 


Sgt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 


Ferguson, William J. 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Fernays, Earl B. 


Mech. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/20/18 


Ferraro, Ferdinando 


Pvt. 


2 bn Is. 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Ferrari, Christopher 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Ferri, John 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


f Thiaucourt 
\ St. Juvin 


9/24/18 
10/18/18 


Ferry, Joseph P. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Ferstad, John 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Fess, Herman 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 


Fey, William 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Fillipino, Cesare 


Pvt. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Fimiani, Carmen F. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


MG 


Bois des Loges 


10/24/18 


Finck, Edward A. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Fioro, Vincent 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 2/18 


Fischer, Carl 


Pvt. 


C 


f Thiaucourt 
\ Bois des Loges 


9/19/18 

10/20/18 


Flynn, Bernard A. 


2 Lieut. 


MG 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Flynn, vStephen 


Pvt. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 



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243 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name Rank 

Flynn, Thomas Pvt. 

Foley, Thomas J. Pvt. 

Fontana, George Pvt. 1 CI. 

Fopeano, Frank J. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Ford, John A. Corp. 

Forrest, Raymond Corp. 

Forster, William G. Corp. 

Forti, Rosario Pvt. 

Fowler, Le Roy D. Pvt. 

Fradette, Arthur C. Pvt. 

Fraley, Clarence L. Corp. 

Francesca, John Pvt. 

Franklin, Benjamin Pvt. 1 CI. 

Franko, James J. Pvt. 

Franzone, Berdernio Pvt. 

Fraser, Donald H. Mech. 

Frederick, Fred Pvt. 

Frederick, Walter Pvt. 

Freeze, Amato Pvt. 

Frend, John J. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Freidman, Benedict Pvt. 

Friebis, Joseph P. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Fritz, Hugo G. Pvt. 

Fry, Frederick Ms. Sgt. 

Fry, George W. Sgt. 

Fuchs, John M. A. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Fuller, Frank J. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Fusaro, Felice Pvt. 

Gabbert, Elmer H. Corp. 

Gaenzler, Richard C. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Gaesser, Charles S. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Gagliardi, Pasquale Pvt. 

Gallerv, James C. Mech. 

Galligan, Frank T. Pvt. 

Gallin, Nathan Pvt. 

Galuzzi, Mike Pvt. 

Gait, Sterling, Jr. Captain 

Gannon, Thomas J. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Garatelli, Eugenis Pvt. 

Gardner, Charles F. Pvt. 

Gareffa, Bruno Pvt. 

Garnache, William J. Captain 

Garrett, Thomas S. 1 Lieut. 

Gates, Frank Pvt. 

George, Henry P. Corp. 



Company 
H 
D 
M 
E 
L 
K 
B 



M 
B 
A 
D 
K 
D 
K 
L 
G 
K 
G 

Hq 

K 
C 
L 
A 

K 

B 

M 

D 

K 

MG 
A 
B 
C 
E 
B 

Hq 
H 
San Dt. 
D 
I 

H 
E 
L 
Hq 
B 



Place 
Bois des Logcs 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Logos 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Logos 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 

St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Ju.n 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juwn 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 



Date 
10/21/18 
10/18/18 

9/22/18 
10/19/18 

9/23/18 
10/24/18 
10/18/18 

9/18/18 

9/19/18 

- 9/22/18 

10/18/18 

10/18/18 

10/18/18 

9/18/18 
10/17/18 

9/22/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/16/18 
10/20/18 
10/ 5/18 

9/17/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/24/18 
10/18/18 
10/20/18 

9/27/18 

9/22/18 
10/16/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/22/18 
10/16/18 

10/17/18 
10/20/18 
10/ 3/18 

9/24/18 
10/20/18 
10/20 18 
10/ 5/18 
10/19/18 

9/24/18 
10/17/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/18/18 
10/16/18 

9/22/18 
10/17/18 
10/16/18 
10/ 2/18 
10/18/18 



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CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Companv 


Place 


Date 


Giammarino, Carmin A. 


Pvt. 


I '. 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Gianchiglia, Albert 


Pvt. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/26/18 


Gianforti, Salvatore G. 


Pvt. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 5/18 


Gibson, Carl B. 


Sgt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 


Gibson, John J. 


Corp. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Giebel, Roy G. 


Pvt. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Giese, John 


Pvt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Giglio, Antonio 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Gigliotti, Louis 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Gilbert, Morris 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Giles, Charhe A. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Giles, Clarence 


Pvt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Gill, Joseph G. 


Pvt. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Gilleran, Patrick H. 


Sgt. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Gillespie, Harold S. 


Cook 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Gilson, John J. 


Corp. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Gindrech, Sam 


Pvt. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Giosi, Antoni 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Giovenuttes, Antonio 


Pvt. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Glass, William J. 


Corp. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Glassbrenner, John 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/29/18 


Gleason, James H. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


10/30/18 


Godfrey, Truman E. 


Pvt. 


MG 


Bois des Loges 


10/22/18 


Godown, Raymond 


Pvt. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Goffe, Albert P. 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Gold, Isidor 


Pvt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Goldberg, Louis J. 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Goldberg, Max 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Goldenberg, Morris J. 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Goldman, Harry 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Goldstein, Henry 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Goodrich, Sheldon B. 


1 Lieut. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Gorcey, Irving 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/26/18 


Gorton, Harold L. 


Corp. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/20/18 


Gosling, Ernest P. 


1 Lieut. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Gouin, Alfred 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Goujon, William B. 


Sgt. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/20/18 


Goulet, Donald 


Corp. 


\ 2 bn Is 


Nieppe Forest 
. St. Juvin 


6/29/18 
10/18/18 


Grabman, Carl E. 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Grabow, Julius E. 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Grady, Walter A. 


Sgt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Grandinito, Tony 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Graves, Harold 


Sgt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Gregor, Frank J. 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/28/18 


Greico, Marco 


Corp. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Greinke, Edward 


Pvt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Griffel, Sam F. 


Sgt. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Griffith, Lewis A. 


Pvt. 


B 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



245 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 

Place Date 

Thiaucourt 9/23/18 

St. Juvin 10/17/18 

Thiaucourt 10/ 4/18 

Thiaucourt 9/22/18 

St. Juvin 10/18/18 

St. Juvin 10/16/18 

St. Juvin 10/17/18 

Bois des Loges 10/19/18 

Thiaucourt 9/22/18 

St. Juvin 10/17/18 

St. Juvin 10/16/18 

Bois des Loges 11/ 1/18 

Thiaucourt 9/20/18 

Thiaucourt 9/19/18 

Thiaucourt 9/27/18 

Thiaucourt 9/18/18 

Bois des Loges 11/ 1/18 

Thiaucourt 9/20/18 

St. Juvin 10/18/18 

St. Juvin 10/18/18 

St. Juvin 10/18/18 

Bois des Loges 10/20/18 

Thiaucourt 9/28/18 

Thiaucourt 9/18/18 

St. Juvin 10/18/18 

St. Juvin 10/17/18 

Thiaucourt 9/22/18 

Thiaucourt 9/22/18 

Bois des Loges 10/19/18 

Bois des Loges 11/ 1/18 

Bois des Loges 10/29/18 

Bois des Loges 11/ 1/18 

Bois des Loges 10/19/18 

Thiaucourt 9/22/18 

Thiaucourt 9/16/18 

Bois des Loges 10/19/18 

St. Juvin 10/16/18 

Thiaucourt 9/27/18 

Bois des Loges 11/ 1/18 

Thiaucourt 10/ 4/18 

Bois des Loges 10/20/18 

Thiaucourt 9/22/18 

Bois des Loges 10/^0/18 

Thiaucourt 10/ 2/18 

St. Juvin 10/17/18 

Thiaucourt 9/28/18 

Thiaucourt 10/ 4/18 

St. Juvin 10/16/18 

Bois des Loges 10/19/18 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Grimes, John F. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


Guarino, Vito 


Pvt. 


E 


Guarnuccio, Emanuel 


Cook 


MG 


Guenot, Henry C. 


Pvt. 


L 


Guiles, Raphael R. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Gunderson, Marcus J. 


Pvt. 


L 


Guyott, Raymond F. 


Pvt. 


G 


Haag, Harry W. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Haberstick, Ethelbert 


Pvt. 


M 


Haefner, WilHam C. 


Pvt. 


MG 


Hagamen, Arthur T. 


Corp. 


K 


Hagen, Carl 


Pvt. 


L 


Hagopian, Hasrov 


Pvt. 


E 


Hahn, Constant 


Pvt. 


L 


Haller, Clarence L. 


Cook 


A 


Halsey, Roy D. 


Sgt. 


B 


Hambrecht, Darvin 


Pvt. 


L 


Hampshire, Joseph W. 


Pvt. 


A 


Hanley, John F. 


Pvt. 


H 


Hanson, Harry J. 


Corp. 


D 


Hare, Fred T. 


Corp. 


B 


Harkness, Richard J. 


Pvt. 


M 


Harrison, Ernest 


Pvt. 


A 


Hart, Michael 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Hartman, John H. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


C 


Hartung, Edwin A. 


Corp. 


M 


Harward, Carl R. 


Pvt. 


B 


Haver, Earl 


Pvt. 


H 


Heath, Charles 0. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


1 bn Is. 


Heath, Robert M. 


Pvt. 


3 bn Is. 


Heckler, Charles 


Sgt. 


K 


Hedden, Charles 


Corp. 


M 


Heffern, Edward A. 


Sgt. 


M 


Heffernan, James J. 


Pvt. 


H 


Hegeman, Merton E. 


Pvt. 


B 


Heller, George 


Pvt. 


L 


Helmuth, Fred 


Corp. 


1 bn Is. 


Hender, Charles E. 


Corp. 


A 


Hendershot, Lewis A. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Hendrick, Frank R. 


Pvt. 


E 


Hendrickson, Russell 


Corp. 


L 


Henke, August 


Pvt. 


K 


Henry, Charles A. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Henry, Edgar B. 


Corp. 


E 


Hepner, Oscar 


Pvt. 


G 


Herman, Carl R. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Hess, Homer B. 


Pvt. 


L 


Heston, Lee 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 



246 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name Rank 

Hickey, Lawrence E. Pvt. 

Higgins, Daniel P. Pvt. 

Hills, Gerald T. 1 Lieut. 

Hilton, Ward S. Sgt. 

Himmelsbach, John Pvt. 

Hixon, Arthur Pvt. 

Hobday, Edward O. Pvt. 

Hockerson, Carl Pvt. 

Hofstetter, William Pvt. 

Hogan, Thomas J. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Hoge, Gordon 1 Lieut. 

Holgate, James A. Pvt. 

Holmgren, Herman Pvt. 

•Holmquest, Emil A. Pvt. 

Holsapple, Harold Pvt. 

Horay, Stephen J. Pvt. 

Horton, David Pvt. 

Horton, Fred B. Pvt. 

Horton, John F. Pvt. 

Houiesen, Harry G. Pvt. 

House, Albert M. Corp. 

Hovey, Cecil Pvt. 

Howerter, Harry W. Corp. 

Hoysradt, Russell J. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Huck, John Pvt. 1 CI. 

Huff, Chester R. Pvt. 

Hull, Clarence E. Sgt. 
Humphrey, Howard E. Corp. 

lacia, Salvatore Bugl. 

lalacci, Domenico Pvt. 

Ingamells, Charles C. Sgt. 

loUie, Vincenzo Pvt, 

Jackson, Joseph A. Pvt. 

Jackson, Thomas Pvt. 1 CI. 

Jaeger, Martin F. Corp. 

Jakoboski, John Pvt. 

Jardine, Francis G. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Jarina, Thomas Pvt. 

Jasinski, John Pvt. 

Jasper, James Pvt. 1 CI. 

Jensen, William Pvt. 

Johmann, Martin P. Pvt. I CI. 

Johnroe, Joseph A. Pvt. 

Johnson, Andrew Corp. 

Johnson, Chester Sgt. 

Johnson, Fritz E. Pvt. 

Johnson, Lynn E. Sup. Sgt. 

Johnson, Albert L. Pvt. 



Company 

G 
I 
B 
C 
Hq 
M 
L 
L 
I 
F 
A 
L 
K 
D 
H 
F 
A 
K 
B 
D 
L 

MG 
D 
C 
San Dt. 
A 
A 

C 
H 
B 
H 

Hq 
G 
L 
L 

M 

K 

D 

G 

E 

M 

MG 

B 

A 



Hq 
K 



Place 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St, Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St, Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St, Juvin 
St, Juvin 
Thiaucoiu"t 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 



Date 
10/16/18 

9/16/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/28/18 

9/25/18 
10/ 4/18 
10/16/18 
10/29/18 

9/26/18 
10/16/18 
10/17/18 

9/17/18 
10/26/18 

9/22/18 
10/17/18 
10/18/18 
10/19/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/16/18 

9/23/18 

9/22/18 
10/17/18 
10/17/18 
10/17/18 
10/17/18 
10/ 5/18 
10/19/18 

9/19/18 

9/18/18 
10/19/18 

9/18/18 
10/19/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/20/18 
10/17/18 
10/16/18 

9/26/18 
10/16/18 

9/19/18 
10/16/18 

9/19/18 
10/16/18 
10/16/18 
10/18/18 

9/22/18 

9/22/18 
10/24/18 
10/ 5/18 
10/20/18 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



247 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



CI. 
CI. 



ICl. 



Name Rank 

Johnson, Oscar Pvt. 

Jones, Clement A. Corp. 

Jones, Murray L. 1 Lieut. 

Jones, William R. Bugl. 

Joy, Frank H. Mess Sgt. 

Joy, Robert W. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Juber, William F. Cook 

Judd, Bradford J. Sgt. 

Just, Julius Corp. 

Jwanuk, Michael Pvt. 1 CI. 

Kafka, Alfred Pvt. 

Kain, Wilham P. Pvt. 

Kaiser, Robert H. Pvt. 

Kahska, William G. Captain 

Kampf, William A. 2 Lieut 

Kanelopvilos, John J. Pvt. 

Kaney, John E. Pvt. 

Kantrowitz, Frank Pvt. 
Kavanaugh, Thomas J. Corp. 

Keady, George C. Sgt. 

Keating, Patrick J. Pvt. 

Keen, John J. Pvt. 

Keenan, James J. Pvt. 

Kegley, Joseph Pvt. 

Kelenski, Otto Pvt. 

Kelleher, John J. Pvt. 

Keller, Charles Pvt. 

Keller, Ferdinand Pvt. 1 CI. 

Keller, Russell Pvt. 

Kelley, Joseph B. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Kennedy, John R. Pvt. 

Kennedy, Thomas L. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Kenney, Henry J. Pvt. 

Kerrigan, John J. Pvt. 

Kerslake, Cecil Mech. 

Kilkenny, James Pvt. 

King, Frank Pvt. 

King, Joseph L. Pvt. 

King, Martin Pvt. 

King, Raymond A. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Kirget, Nikolaj Pvt. 1 CI. 

Kirschner, Edward J. Sgt. 

Klee, Charles J. Corp. 

Kleinschmidt, Fred Pvt. 

Klem, Peter G. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Klemak, Paul Pvt. 

Kline, John S. Pvt. 

Knight, Chandler S. 1 Lieut. 



Company 
K 
K 
B 
H 
Hq 
MG 
MG 
K 
G 
H 
D 
M 
C 

MG 
G 
L 
M 
G 
I 
E 
H 
I 
F 
L 



L 

C 

F 

E 

K 

K 

I 

D 

L 

G 

B 

F 

H 

H 

K 

H 

D 

I 

I 

E 

C 

I 

MG 



Place 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 

St. Juvin 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 

St. Juvin 

Bois des Loges 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 

St. Juvin 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 

St. Juvin 

Bois des Loges 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 

St. Juvin 
f Thiaucourt 
\ St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 



Date 

10/20/18 

9/22/81 

10/18/18 

9/19/18 

10/ 5/18 

10/ 2/18 

10/ 3/18 

11/ 1/18 

10/17/18 

10/19/18 

10/22/18 

9/22/18 

10/19/18 

9/20/18 

10/18/18 

10/24/18 

9/22/18 

10/20/18 

10/16/18 

10/19/18 

10/20/18 

9/23/18 

10/20/18 

10/16/18 

9/23/18 

10/16/18 

10/26/18 

9/20/18 

10/19/18 

10/20/18 

10/20/18 

10/16/18 

9/17/18 

10/19/18 

11/ 1/18 

10/ 4/18 

10/18/18 

10/16/18 

10/19/18 

10/18/18 

10/17/18 

10/19/18 

9/23/18 

10/17/18 

10/16/18 

10/ 5/18 

10/19/18 

10/19/18 

11/ 1/18 



248 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Place 


Knowles, Harry H. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


Knutson, Oscar L. 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


Kobialski, Czeslaw 


Pvt. 


H 


Bois des Loges 


Kobrinski, Isaac 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


Kohlmetz, Burrell 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


Kopp, Edwin J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


St. Juvin 


Korkus, Edwin F. 


1 Lieut. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


Kozakowsky, Aaron 


Pvt. 


D 


vSt. Juvin 


Krause, Harold 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


Kress, Edwin L. 


Pvt. 


C 


Thiaucourt 


Kroll, Frederick W. 


Corp. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


Krueger, Fred W. 


Mech. 


B 


f Thiaucourt 
\ Bois des Loges 


Krueger, John F. 


Pvt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


Krzywda, Bronislaus 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


Kubic, Nick M. 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


Kuhlmann, John 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


St. Juvin 


Kujawski, Charles E. 


Corp. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


Kulikowski, Brislow 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


St. Juvin 


Kulka, William 


1 Lieut. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


Kwegzenski, Joseph 


Pvt. 


F 


Thiaucourt 


La Croix, Eudora 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


Laders, Leo 


Corp. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


Lafazia, Samuel 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


Lambrakos, Nicholas G. 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


Lambrecht, Cyriel 


Corp. 


E 


Verrieres 


Lamecker, Alfred 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


Lamka, Paul 


Corp. 


B 


St. Juvin 


Lane, Daniel J. 


Corp. 


I 


St. Juvin 


Langton, Elmer 


Sgt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


Lanin, Joseph A. 


Bugl. 


P 


St. Juvin 


Lansing, Erwin 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


Lapiene, Napoleon 


Pvt. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


Larkin, John J. 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


Lasher, John E. 


Pvt. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


Lauriates, Joseph 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


Lawton, Thomas 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


Layton, Howard 


Pvt. 


M 


f Thiaucourt 
\ Bois des Loges 


Leakakos, Athanaseos 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


Lebovitz, Hey man 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


Lederer, William 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


1 bn Is. 


Thiaucourt 


Lee, Charles L. 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


Lee, Donald H. 


Sgt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


Lee, James M. 


Pvt. 


H 


Bois des Loges 


Lehti, Alex 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


Lehwald, Herman 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


Leipsig, Irving 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


Le Mere, Joseph 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 



Date 
10/ 4/18 
10/30/18 
10/20/18 

9/22/18 
10/20/18 
10/18/18 

9/22/18 
10/18/18 
10/20/18 

9/18/18 
10/20/18 

9/22/18 
10/19/18 
10/16/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/16/18 
10/18/18 

9/22/18 
10/18/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/20/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/30/18 
10/18/18 
11/ 1/18 
11/ 3/18 
10/30/18 
10/18/18 
10/16/18 
10/18/18 
10/16/18 

9/18/18 

9/19/18 
10/20/18 
10/20/18 

9/28/18 

9/16/18 

9/22/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/18/18 

9/18/18 

9/16/18 
10/16/18 

9/25/18 
10/19/18 
10/16/18 
10/16/18 
10/18/18 
10/17/18 



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249 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


Leon, Alfred 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Leonard, Michael J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Lerch, George M. 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Leskowski, Joseph 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Leveillee, Ainie 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Levin, Alexander 


Pvt. 


1 bn Is. 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Levin, Carl Z. 


Pvt. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 2/18 


Levine, Samuel 


Pvt. 


C 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Lewandowski, Andrew 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Lewin, William H. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Lewis, John C. 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Lewis, Thomas R. 


Corp. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


Lewoc, Ludwik 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Lieber, Benjamin 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Lincoln, Judson C. 


Corp. 


A 


r Thiaucourt 
\ Bois des Loges 


9/17/18 
10/19/18 


Lipkin, Harry J. 


Corp. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Lipschitz, Harry 


Pvt. 


H 


Bois des Loges 


10/30/18 


Lipski, Gemiel 


Pvt. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Lipkevicius, Michael 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Liskowitz, Lawrence C. 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Listowski, Lucy an 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Livingston, Cornelius 


Sgt. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Lobita, Fred 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


10/26/18 


Loh, Frank J., Jr. 


Corp. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Longo, Marco 


Pvt. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Lopinto, John 


Pvt. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Lorenzetti, Vincenzo 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


P 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Loun, George 0. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Lovegrove, Louis C. 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Loventhal, Harry 


Pvt. 


H 


Bois des Loges 


10/21/18 


Lowney, Mark J. 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/24/18 


Luckese, Samuel 


Pvt. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Lunde, .Ira 


Pvt. 


H 


Verrieres 


11/ 3/18 


Luther, George N. 


Pvt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Luther, Tracy 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Lutz, Ellsworth F. 


Corp. 


M • 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Lychowski, Walenti 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Lyons, Jeremiah F. 


Pvt. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Lyons, Martin E. 


Corp. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Lyster, Frederick 


Pvt. 


F 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Lysy, Telko 


Pvt. 


F 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Maas, Ernest E. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


f St. Juvin 
\ Verrieres 


10/16/18 
11/ 3/18 


MacArthur, Albert 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Mac Donald, Roderick 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


McBurney, Nicholas 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 2/18 


McCabe, Barney J. 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


McCall, Burton 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 



250 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 
McCarthy, Frank 
McCarthy, Leo F. 
McCarthy, WilHam J. 
McCarthy, Zepherim 
McCarty, Claude 
McCarty, WilHam J. 
McCauley, Harry 
McClair, Jesse S. 
McClintock, James 
McCormack, Joseph R. 
McCormick, Frank B. 
McCormick, George J, 
McCormick, Ray. M. 
McDavitt, Arthur N. 
McDonald, William A. 
McDonald, Duncan D. 
McDonough, Thomas P. 
McEwen, Stewart D. 
McGraw, William F. 
McGuire, John J. 
McHenry, Walter J. 
McHugh, Frank - 
Mclntyre, Donald R. 
McKee, Herbert 
McKenzie, Duncan F. 
McKenzie, George vS. 
McKinley, Arthur J. 
McKinnon, John M. 
McLean, Edward C. 
McLyman, Robert 
McMahon, Lawrence 
McManaway, William H. 
McNeil, Peter 
McPartland, Thomas F. 
McQueen, Arthur 

McQuilton, William H. 

McRoy, Clyde E. 
McTernan, John 
McTighe, John 
Maccarello, Antonio 
Machet, Arthur A. 
Madigan, Thomas M. 
Maffei, Rafale 
Mahoney, Edward T. 
Mahoney, Maurice P. 
Maibaum, Elmer L. 
Main, Grover 
Maitland, Leonard F. 
Makarczyk, Joseph 



Rank 


Companv 


Pvt. 


L 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Corp. 


G 


Pvt. 


G 


Corp. 


B 


Pvt. 


E 


Pvt. 


K 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


Pvt. 


H 


Pvt. 


E 


Pvt. 


B 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


Hq 


Corp. 


A 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Pvt. 


B 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


C 


Corp. 


A 


Corp. 


K 


Pvt. 


E 


Pvt. 


F 


2 Lieut. 


E 


Sgt. 


B 


Pvt. 


K 


2 Lieut. 


B 


Pvt. 


E 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


Pvt. 


E 


Pvt. 


E 


Pvt. 


F 


Pvt. 


K 


Pvt. 


E 


Corp. 


I 


Pvt. 


L 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


Hq 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Pvt. 


I 


Pvt. 


I 


Bugl. 


M 


Sgt. 


F 


Pvt. 


E 


Pvt. 


D 


Corp. 


H 


Pvt. 


L 


Corp. 


Hq 


Sgt. 


Hq 


Pvt. 


F 



Place 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
vSt. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 



Date 

9/22/18 

9/19/18 

9/20/18 

9/19/18 

10/18/18 

9/19/18 

10/16/18 

10/16/18 

10/16/18 

10/18/18 

9/22/18 

10/20/18 

9/19/18 

10/ 4/18 

10/19/18 

11/ 1/18 

10/20/18 

9/28/18 

9/24/18 

11/ 1/18 

10/18/18 

10/19/18 

10/16/18 

9/22/18 

10/16/18 

9/24/18 

10/19/18 

10/19/18 

9/22/18 

9/20/18 

9/20 18 

9/26/18 

9/21/18 

10/16/18 

9/22/18 

9/18/18 

10/19/18 

10/16/18 

9/17/18 

11/ 1/18 

11/ 1/18 

10/16/18 

10/19/18 

9/19/18 

10/17/18 

10/19/18 

9/22/18 

9/22/18 

10/ 4/18 

11/ 1/18 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



251 



WOUNDED AND 


GASSED 


(Continued) 




Name 


Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


Makey, Eugene A. 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 3/18 


Malise, Peter 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Mallory, Roy W. 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Maloney, Patrick W. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Mancerello, Joseph W. 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Manchester, Edward 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/20/18 


Mancini, Ralph 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Mangialomini, Joseph 


Corp. 


B 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Mann, Herman F. 


1 Lieut. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Marano, Paolo 


Pvt. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


IMarasuilo, Carlo 


Pvt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Marcelli, Isidore 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Marcello, Salvatore 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Marinetti, Marco 


Pvt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Marini, Marano 


Pvt. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Marino, Charles 


Pvt. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Markessini, Angel L. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Marriner, Harry 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Martin, Michael J. 


Sgt. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Martini, Antonio 


Pvt. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Marty, Charles 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Marvel, Lloyd 


Pvt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Masiello, Angelo 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Mason, Fred 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Mason, John E. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Mass, Otto F. 


Corp. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Mather, Clarence 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Mattimoe, Michael 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Mauro, Carmine 


Pvt. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


May, Gustave A. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


9/20/18 


May, James E. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Maybohm, Walter 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/23/18 


Maybury, John 


Corp. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Mazza, Frank 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Mazza, Lewis 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/24/18 


Meads, Laurence 


Captain 


D 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Meali, Pasquale 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


9/28/18 


Meehan, Warren C. 


Pvt. 


H 


Verrieres 


11/ 3/18 


Meeker, Robert W. 


Corp. 


1 bn Is. 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Mele, Tony 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Merklev, Arthur G. 


Corp. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Merrill; Floyd C. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Messina, James 


Corp. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Mettille, Lester 


Corp. 


F 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Meyer, Courtlandt M. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Meyer, John F. 


Pvt. 


C 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Michael, Medio 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F . 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Michlotti, James 


Pvt. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/23/18 


Mick, Cornelius R. 


Pvt. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Mifflin, William 


Sgt. 


1 bn Is. 


Thiaucourt 


9/30/18 



252 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 

Place Date 

Thiaucourt 9/30/18 

Thiaucourt 9/19/18 

Bois des Loges 11/ 1/18 

Bois des Loges 10/19/18 

Verrieres 11/ 3/18 

St. Juvin 10/16/18 

Bois des Loges 10/19/18 

Bois des Loges 10/19/18 

St. Juvin 10/17/18 

St. Juvin 10/18/18 

Bois des Loges 10/20/18 

Bois des Loges 10/19/18 
Thiaucourt 9/22/18 

St. Juvin 10/18/18 
Thiaucourt 9/22/18 

St. Juvin 10/16/18 

St. Juvin 10/17/18 
Thiaucourt 9/25/18 

Thiaucourt 9/17/18 

St. Juvin 10/17/18 

Thiaucourt 9/26/18 

Thiaucourt 9/27/18 

Bois des Loges 11/ 1/18 
Thiaucourt 9/23/18 

St. Juvin 10/16/18 
Thiaucourt 9/22/18 

Thiaucourt 9/19/18 

St. Juvin 10/18/18 

St. Juvin 10/16/18 
Thiaucourt 9/22/18 

Thiaucourt 9/22/18 

Bois des Loges 10/24/18 

Bois des Loges 10/19/18 
Thiaucourt 9/19/18 

Thiaucourt 9/24/18 

St. Juvin 10/18/18 

St. Juvin 10/16/18 

Thiaucourt 9/19/18 

Thiaucourt 9/19/18 

Bois des Loges 11/ 1/18 

Thiaucourt 9/27/18 

Bois des Loges 10/19/18 

Bois des Loges 10/19/18 

Thiaucourt 10/ 4/18 

Thiaucourt 9/24/18 

St. Juvin 10/16/18 

St. Juvin 10/17/18 

Thiaucourt 9/15/18 

Thiaucourt 10/ 4/18 

Thiaucourt 9/16/18 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


MigHore, Joe 


Pvt. 


E 


Miles, John D. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


Milk, John W. 


Corp. 


K 


Miller, Arthur C. J. 


Pvt. 


K 


Miller, Arthur D. 


Pvt. 


H 


Miller, Carl A. 


Pvt. 


L 


Miller, Edward W. 


Pvt. 


D 


Miller, Ernest 


Corp. 


MG 


Miller, Frank 


Corp. 


L 


Miller, Fred C. 


Corp. 


B 


Miller, Frederick S. 


Corp. 


B 


Miller, George W. 


Sgt. 


F 


Miller, Joseph D. 


Corp. 


K 


Miller, Richard H. 


Corp. 


B 


Mills, John W. 


Bugl. 


G 


Mills, William _ 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Minisci, Dominio 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


Minoff, Max 


Pvt. 


A 


Mitchell, Daniel J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Mitchell, Peter W. 


Pvt. 


D 


Mittricker, FrankHn F. 


Pvt. 


C 


Mocerino, Alphonso 


Pvt. 


M 


Monahan, Frank J. 


Pvt. 


K 


Mondin, Angelo 


Pvt. 


A 


Monohan, Philip 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Montagna, Frank 


Pvt. 


C 


Montegari, Joseph 


Pvt. 


I 


Monti, Nicholas 


Pvt. 


M 


Moon, Charles M. 


Corp. 


M 


Mooney, Charles F. 


Pvt. 


K 


Moore, John M. 


Pvt. 


H 


Moore, Ralph G. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


San Dt. 


Moran, John J. 


Corp. 


A 


Morelli, Antonio 


Pvt. 


A 


Morgan, Arthur 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


Morilla, Francesco 


Pvt. 


D 


Morrell, Clarence 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Morris, Steven 


Corp. 


K 


Morrison, Charles 


Corp. 


F 


Morrison, Elias 


Pvt. 


H 


Morton, Edward 


Pvt. 


H 


Mulberry, Daniel R., Jr. 


Cook 


Hq 


Mullaney, John T. 


Pvt. 


B 


Mullen, Charles J. 


Corp. 


G 


Muller, Wilbur 


Pvt. 


F 


Mulvey, Edward T. J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


Hq 


Mulvey, John H. 


Pvt. 


Hq 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



253 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name Rank 

Murphy, Daniel J. Pvt. 

Murphy, Daniel V. Pvt. 

Murphy, James J. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Murphy, James ]. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Murphy, Louis Pvt. 

Murphy, William A. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Miu-phy, William T. Corp. 

Murray, Milton G. Corp. 

Murray, John Pvt. 

Naliwajik, Maciej Pvt. 

Neff, Pfank Corp. 

Nelan, Orrie G. Pvt. 

Nelson, Carl R. * Pvt. 

Nelson, John A. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Neudeck, George Pvt. 1 CI. 

Newbiny, Lafayette D. Pvt. 

Newton, Alfred Pvt. 

Newton, Emmett D. Corp. 

Newton, Franklin G. Cook 

Nichels, Frank J. Pvt. 

Nicholes, John Pvt. 

Nichols, Jay W. Pvt. 

Nichols, William F. Pvt. 

Nicholson, Clarence Corp. 

Nieffer, Agustus C. Cook 

Nolan, George Corp. 

Nolte, Edward H. Pvt. 1 CI. 

Noonan, Liike J. Pvt. 

Norberg, Alfred J. Pvt. 

Norkofski, Theodore Pvt. 

Normandin, Herbert Pvt. 

Norrito, Norman Pvt. 

Nowack, Frank A. Pvt. 
Nowak, Thomas 
Nowakowski, Waclau 
Nuebauer, Joseph 

O'Connor, Richard B. 

O'Connor, John J. Pvt. 

O'Connor, Thomas F. Pvt. 

O'Dell, Sanford Pvt. 

O'Donnell, Daniel A. Corp. 

O'Donnell, Joseph M. Pvt. 1 CI. 

O'Dowd, Frank J. Pvt. 1 CI. 

O 'Grady, John J. Sgt. 

O'Neal, Thomas J. Pvt. 1 CI. 

O'Neil, Carl Sgt. 

O'Neill, Timothy Pvt. 

O'Rouke, Edward F. Pvt. 



ICl. 



1 CI. 

1 CI. 
Col. Sgt. 
Corp. 
Pvt. 
1 Lieut. 

1 CI. 



Company 

Hq 

I 

G 

Hq 

G 

F 

D 

A 

C 

I 

A 

Hq 

H 

I 

G 

M 

E 

I 

A 

H 

K 

A 

L 

G 

L 

C 

E 

H 

D 

M 

M 

L 

G 

Hq 

P 

E 

3 Bn Adj. 

H 

H 

I 

H 
San Dt. 

G 

F 

Hq. 

G 

L 

H 



Place 

Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin . 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Verrieres 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 



Date 

9/20/18 
10/17/18 

9/17/18 
10/ 4/18 

9/22/18 
10/16/18 
10/18/18 

9/19/18 
10/19/18 

9/23/18 

11/ 1/18 

9/20/18 

10/17/18 

10/16/18 

10/17/18 

9/26/18 

10/17/18 

9/22/18 

9/27/18 

11/ 3/18 

10/16/18 

11/ 1/18 

10/20/18 

9/20/18 

9/18/18 

9/18/18 

9/18/18 

10/18/18 

10/18/18 

10/24/18 

9/20/18 

10/29/18 

10/16/18 

10/ 4/18 

10/18/18 

.10/24/18 

11/ 1/18 
9/19/18 

10/18/18 
9/24/18 

10/19/18 
9/19/18 
9/21/18 

10/19/18 

10/ 4/18 
9/21/18 
9/22/18 

10/18/18 



254 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



"Name 

Odio, Nick 
Oelers, George A. 



WOUNDED AND GASSED 

Rank Company 

Pvt. K 

Pvt. 1 CI. E 



Oeschsner, August F. 

Olsen, Frank W. 
Olsson, Axel M. 
Orlando, Dominic 
Orlando, Emilio 
Orules, Raphael L. 
Ostrosky, Leo 
Ostrum, Russell B. 
Ottaviano, Tommaso 
Owens, Glenn 
Oxley, Joseph H. 

Pachiule, Frank 
Palmer, Frank E. 
Palmer, Louis 
Palmerton, David 
Palmisano, Leo 
Palombo, Angelo 
Pangbom, William G. 
Pappert, Frank J. 
Parker, Herbert C. 
Parker, Jesse J. 
Parr, Robin L. 
Pastore, Michele 
Patenaude, Samuel 
Patiernne, Antonio 
Pear, Lewis A. 
Peck, Harry E. 
Pedee, Clarence 
Pellegrini, Joseph 
Pellman, Morris 
Penna, Charles J. 

Pergola, Joseph A. 

Perrot, Adolph 

Perry, Joseph H. 

Peterson, Andrew P. 
Peterson, Chris 
Peterson, Ernest 
Peterson, Frank 
Peterson, Henry H. 
Perticone, Alphonso 
Petrocelli, Edward 
Petty, William K. 
Phalen, John J. 
Phalen, William A, 



Pvt. 1 CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 
Corp. 
Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 
Corp. 
Pvt. 1 CI. 
Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 
Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Cook 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Corp. 

Corp. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 



M 

K 

K 

E 

A 

I 

B 

I 

I 

K 

H 

A 

C 

C 

Hq 

C 

C 

Hq 

C 

K 

MG 

B 

H 

H 

I 

K 

L 

A 

G 

C 

E 

A 

E 



Pvt. 


M 


Pvt. 


G 


Pvt. 


E 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Corp. 


A 


Pvt. 


D 


Pvt. 


L 


Corp. 


F 


Corp. 


L 


Sgt. 


M 



(Continued) 

Place 

St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 

f Thiaucourt 

\ St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Verrieres 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Verrieres 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 

Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucoiu-t 
Thiaucourt 
B,ois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 

f Thiaucourt 

\ Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 

f Thiaucourt 

\ St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
St. Juvin 
Verrieres 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 



Date 

10/16/18 
10/16/18 

9/16/18 
10/17/18 
10/17/18 
11/ 3/18 
10/16/18 
10/ 4/18 
11/ 1/18 
11/ 3/18 

9/30/18 
ft/ 1/18 
10/16/18 
10/16/18 

9/19/18 

9/27/18 
10/18/18 

9/20/18 
10/19/18 

9/26/18 
10/19/18 

9/22/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/30/18 
10/16/18 

9/18/18 

9/28/18 
10/19/18 

9/23/18 
10/16/18 
10/16/18 
10/18/18 
10/17/18 
10/19/18 

9/19/18 
10/ 4/18 

9/18/18 
10/ 5/18 
10/17/18 
10/16/18 
10/16/18 
11/ 3/18 
11/ 1/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/17/18 

9/23/18 
10/18/18 

9/22/18 

9/22/18 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



255 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


Philips, William E. 


Mech. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


10/23/18 


Phillips, Homer S. 


2 Lieut. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/29/18 


Phillips, Russell H. 


Pvt. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Phulps, Robert 


1 Lieut, 


H 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Piccinini, Goetono 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Piersimoni, Antinore 


Pvt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pizzaro, Georgio 


Pvt. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/28/18 


Plath, Elias F. 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Plete, Charles 


Sgt. 


C 


Bois des Loges " 


10/19/18 


Plum, Leo F. 


Corp. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pocker, PhiUp 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pokawinski, Herman 


Sgt. 


E 


f Thiaucourt 
\ St. Juvin 


10/ 3/18 
10/17/18 


Polster, Frank B. 


Corp. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Poniatowski, Victor 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/26/18 


Poretto, Guiseppe 


Pvt. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Porpora, Frank 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Potter, Francis G. 


1st Sgt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Powell, Clyde A. 


Pvt. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Power, James H. 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 


Prestigiacomo, Rocco 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Preuss, Gustav 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Prien, Herman F. 


Pvt. 


C 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Probst, Edward 


Pvt. 


San Dt. 


Bois des Loges 


10/23/18 


Proper, Theodore 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Pugliese, John 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pupitalle, Charles 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Purcell, Walter B. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Pykosz, Matirz 


Corp. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Quackenbush, Leo 


Sgt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Quails, Ellwood 


Sgt. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Quiles, Raphael R. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Rackett, Albert 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Rackley, Arthur L. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Radley, Charles E. 


Mech. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/25/18 


Rafferty, John J. 


Pvt. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Raisner, Samuel 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/25/18 


Randall, Ralph M. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Randolph, Henry W. 


Pvt. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


9/16/18 


Ransom, Edgar J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 1/18 


Ratti, Pietro 


Pvt. 


B 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Reagan, William J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/23/18 


Reasin, William H. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Reed, Clarence D. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


2 bn Is. 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Reese, Albert 


Sgt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Reichert, Charles H. 


Corp. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Reilly, James F. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Reilly, James W. 


Pvt. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 



256 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



Name 

Renalds, Benjamin O. 
Reusch, Arthur R. 
Renter, William H. 
Reynick, William 
Reynolds, Ward K. 
Rhinehart, Louis 
Ridgway, Eugene A. 
Riesterer, Frank B. 
Riley, Charles F. 
Riley, John P. 
Rinaldi, Francesco 
Rinardo, Benardo 
Ritter, Julius O. 
Rivera, Eladio 
Robinson, Jesse J. 
Robinson, Morris 
Rocci, Samuel 
Roche, Harold J. 
Rockwell, Chester T. 
Rogers, Roy H. 
Rogers, Horace 
Rogers, John M, 
Rogerson, George H. 
Rolefson, Leonard 
Rolls, Clarence A. 
Romand, Julius J. 
Romano, Charles 
Romeo, Matthew 
Rooney, John F. 
Roscioli, Pietro 
Rose, Charles 
Rosenbauer, Frank 
Rosenberg, Max 
Rosenstein, Elzior 
Rosenstein, Louis A. 
Rossi, Joseph 
Rossiter, John W. 
Rotondi, Andrea 
Rouan, Daniel 
Rowe, Jay G. 
Roy, Samuel A. 
Royalty, Cecil F. 
Roy den, John A. 
Rozelman, Benjamin 
Rucinsky, Chester 
Rude, Oscar E. 
Rumsey, Samuel L. 
Russell, Hillard R. 
Russo, Genco 



TDED AND 


GASSED 


(Continued) 




Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


Corp. 


MG 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 


MG 


vSt. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/30/18 


Pvt. 


Hq 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Sgt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/23/18 


Mech. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Mess Sgt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/28/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Corp. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Sgt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


MG 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Corp. 


K • 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Corp. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Corp. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Pvt. 


San Dt. 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Corp. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 5/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Corp. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 1/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/20/18 


Pvt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Sgt. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/24/18 


Pvt. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


B 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


MG 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



257 



WOUNDED AND 


GASSED 


(Continued) 




Name 


Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


Ryan, Frank J. 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Ryan, Frederick 


Corp. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Ryan, John J. 


Pvt. 


MG 


Bois des Loges 


10/23/18 


Sackermann, Joseph 


Pvt. 


MG 


Bois des Loges 


10/22/18 


Salibra, Charles 


Sgt. 


D 


vSt. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Salofsky, Morris 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Salony, Benny 


Pvt. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Salvatore, Dan 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/22/18 


Sampson, Harry W. 


Pvt. 


MG 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Samuels, Saul 


Corp. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Sanden, Albert R, 


Pvt. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/21/18 


Sanders, Glenn 


Pvt. 


3 bn Is. 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Sanford, Alfred A. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Sanger, Walter B. 


Pvt. 


MG 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Sanlino, Salvatore 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Sansone, Angelo 


Pvt. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Sauer, Paul J. 


Pvt. 


I 


r Thiaucourt 
\ Bois des Loges 


9/16/18 
11/ 1/18 


Saupe, Fred 


Pvt. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Saurino, Vito 


Pvt. 


B 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Savo, Francesco 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Savino, Frank 


Corp. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Sayles, Adolphus 


Corp. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Scambatera, Angelo 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/29/18 


Scarchilli, Quirino 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Scharf , Wallace 


Pvt. 


B 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Schaub, John P. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Schiano, Ortensio 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Schictel, Henry P. 


Pvt. 


MG 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Schlesinger, Jacob 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Schmid, Erby L. 


Pvt. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Schmidt, Edward 


Pvt. 


C 


Thiaucourt 


9/27/18 


Schmidt, Frank H. C. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Schmidt, Fred 


Cook 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Schmitz, Albert J. 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/20/18 


Schmitz, Walter 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Schmudlack, Adolph J. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Schneider, Edward J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


C 


Thiaucourt 


9/28/18 


Schoenherr, William E. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/25/28 


Schramm, Fred W. 


Corp. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/30/18 


Schrier, Emil H. 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Schroer, Henry P. 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Schuetz, Edmund F. 


Pvt. 


M- 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Schug, Frank G. 


Pvt. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Schultz, Alfred F. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Schwallie, George 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Schwann, Martin J. 


Pvt. 


M 


f Thiaucourt 
\ St. Juvin 


9/23/18 
10/16/18 


Schweizer, Peter C. 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 



258 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


Schwenn, Charles W. 


Pvt. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Scorza, James J. 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Scott, Clarence H. 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/23/18 


Scott, Rudolph B. 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Scully, John A. 


Corp. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Seaman, Fred B. 


Cook 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/28/18 


Seeland, Sievert 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Seelback, Edward 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Segale, Victor E. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Segerman, Issie 


Pvt. 


MG 


Verrieres 


11/ 3/18 


Seigman, Clyde K. 


Corp. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Selby, Harr>^ J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


San Dt. 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


Semrow, Robert 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Sena, Giovanni 


Pvt. 


San Dt. 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Senn, William J. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Serviss, Richard A. 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Setterstone, Arthur A. 


Mech. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Seurer, John 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Shalov, Meyer 


Pvt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Shanne, Grazzio 


Cook 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/28/18 


Sharp, Frank C. 


Corp. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 


Shattuck, Earl J. 


Pvt. 


C 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Shea, John A. 


Corp. 


C 


Thiaucourt 


9/24/18 


Shea, Walter J. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Sheehan, James 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Sheldon, George 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/27/18 


Sheldon, Thomas 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


f Thiaucourt 
\ St. Juvin 


9/22/18 
10/18/18 


Sherman, Darwin W. 


1 Lieut. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Sherman, William F. 


Bugl. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Sherry, John J. 


Corp. 


B 


f Thiaucourt 
\ Bois des Loges 


9/20/18 
11/ 1/18 


Shervin, Anthony P. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Sherwood, Clifford P. 


Pvt. 


B 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Shilko, Boleslaw 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Shinkunoy, Tadis 


Pvt. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Shrie, Walter 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Shurtleff, Milo E. 


Corp. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Siaginski, John 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Sigle, Christopher 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Sikva, William 


Pvt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Silkworth, Frank 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/29/18 


Silverman, Joseph 


Pvt. 1 CI, 


F 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Silvers, Vincent 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Simantel, Thomas J. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Simmons, Clifford G. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Simonson, Henry H. 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Singer, Jacob J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


MG 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



259 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


Sinnott, Michael F. 


Corp. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Sirchia, Salvatore 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Skaar, John 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Skelly, James J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Thiaucourr 


9/28/18 


Skink, Stanislaw 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/29/18 


Smith, Allan L. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Smith, Charles 


Corp. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Smith, Forrest 


2 Lieut. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Smith, James P. 


Mech. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/28/18 


Smith, Jesse C. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Smith, John B. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


10/30/18 


Smith, John P. 


Corp. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Smith, Joseph A. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Smith, Norman C. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Smith, Stanley 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Smolinski, Wladyslaw 


Pvt. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Snell, Charles E. 


Pvt. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Snell, Harold W. 


Captain 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Sniegocki, Andrew 


Pvt. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Snyder, Arthur F. 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Soldoducha, Alexander 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Soles, Frank W. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Solveson, George T. 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Sommers, Walter A. 


Captain 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Sonne, Paul O. 


Pvt. 


MG 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Soraci, Pasquale 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Sorter, Osborn H. 


Sgt. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Souliere, Daphilis 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Sperling, Harry I. 


Corp. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Sperrin, Frank C. 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/28/18 


Spock, Frank S. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Spozel, James 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Sprouse, John A. 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Stacey, Frank E. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Stachowiak, Frank 


Pvt. 


C 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Stack, Michael J. 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Stacy, Lloyd J. 


Corp. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Stalke, Mike F. 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Stalock, Thomas P. 


Pvt. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Stanbach, Henry 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/24/18 


Stanislaw, Isidor 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Stark, Alan 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Stenner, Theodore M. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Stern, Samuel 


Corp. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Stevens, Glenn 


Corp. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Stevens, Robert E. 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/16/18 


St. Germain, Peter D. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 


Stick, Reuben 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 



260 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



Name 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Stilson, Chester B. 
Stim, Michael 
Stolph, Gustave A. 
Stover, Charles 
St. Pierre, Dollard 
Strickland, Edward H. 
Stuhlmiller, Herbert E. 
Sturgess, Lyle M. 
Suhr, John A. 
Sullivan, Eugene F. 
Sullivan, Thomas H. 
Sultera, Anthony 
Sulzen, Oscar 
Swanson, Arthur O. 
Sweeney, James P. 
Sweet, Morris 
Sweet, William 
Swentko, Jacob 
Syfel, James P. 
Szamruk, Joseph 

Talarico, Peter 
Tanck, Paul O. 
Tarrant, Richard A. 
Tedeschi, Pietro 
Tedesco, Serafino 
Teitler, Herman 
Teribury, Lawrence 
Terrill, John N. 

Terry, William W. 

Tessier, Fred 
Tewell, Harvey R. 
Thabounaris, Thehanasis 
Thomas, Albert E. 
Thompson, Claude T. 
Thompson, Frank J. 
Thompson, John H. 
Thompson, William L. 
Thornton, Samuel A. 
Thuotte, Adelard J. 
Thurlow, Percy S. 
Tkchuk, Todus 
Tobiason, Henry 
Todd, Frank R. 
Tomaro, Charles 
Tomasello, Phillip 
Toohey, Joseph M. 
Tosi, Natale 



Rank 

Corp. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Corp. 

Pvt, 

Pet. 1 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Corp. 



Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 



CI. 



CI. 
CI. 



1 CI. 
ICl. 

1 CI. 



Pvt. 
Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 
Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Corp. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Corp. 

Cook 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Pvt. 

Corp. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Corp. 

Pvt. 1 CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 



Company 
G 
E 
C 
F 
I 
A 
C 
K 
L 
D 
K 
F 
D 
C 
G 
A 
E 
F 
E 
L 

L 

3 bn Is. 
F 
C 
M 
MG 
B 
E 

MG 

G 
Hq 
L 

MG 
E 
E 
1 bn Is. 
H 
D 
I 
F 
D 
K 

MG 
D 
B 

Hq 
F 



Place 

Hazebrouck Sector 

Bois des Loges 

St. Juvin 

St. Juvin 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

St. Juvin 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 

Bois des Loges 

St. Juvin 

Thiaucourt 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 

St. Juvin 

St. Juvin 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 

Bois des Loges 

Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois des Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Verrieres 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
Bois dse Loges 
Thiaucourt 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 
St. Juvin 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Thiaucourt 
Bois des Loges 



Date 

6/25/18 
10/20/18 
10/16/18 
10/16/18 

9/21/18 

9/20/18 
10/18/18 

9/22/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/19/18 
10/16/18 

9/18/18 

9/22/18 
11/ 1/18 

9/19/18 
10/18/18 
10/17/18 
10/20/18 

9/20/18 
10/29/18 

9/22/18 
9/22/18 
9/18/18 
9/21/18 
9/17/18 
10/16/18 
10/19/18 
10/17/18 
9/29/18 
10/19/18 
10/20/18 
9/17/18 
10/16/18 
11/ 3/18 
10/ 4/18 
9/22/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/21/18 
9/19/18 
10/16/18 
9/27/18 
9/16/18 
11/ 1/18 
10/16/18 
9/21/18 
9/21/18 
10/ 4/18 
10/19/ 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



261 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


Tracy, Willis E. 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Treuer, Charles E. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Trimple, David 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Tripoli, Joseph 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Troppman, George 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Tulonen, John 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Tunks, Ovid 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Turenne, Adjutor J. 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Turner, Herbert 


Sgt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Tyler, James N. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 5/18 


Tyler, Raymond L. 


Corp. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/28/18 


VehS., George O. 


Pvt. 


D 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Undermark, Edward F. 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Unger, Ernest 


Pvt. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Unruh, Montgomery- A. 


Sgt. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Unsworth, Ira G. 


Pvt. 


I 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Van Atta, Bruce S. 


Pvt. 


MG 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Van Court, Walter G. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Van der Vort. Harold 


Sgt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Van Horn, Martin 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Van Pelt, William H. 


Mech. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/19/18 


Vanzile, Herman 


Pvt. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 


Varley, John 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Vasey, William R. 


Pvt. 


1 bn Is. 


Thiaucourt 


9/21/18 


Venuto, Vincenzo 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Vermillion, Ernest P. 


2 Lieut. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Vican, Nick C. 


Pvt. 


I 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Virun, Karpo 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


I 


( Thiaucoiu-t 
\ St. Juvin 


9/21/18 
10/16/18 


Vlasko, Stephen J. 


Corp. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Vodorsuk, Alex 


Pvt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Volpe, Albert 


Pvt. 


F 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Volz, Edwin A. 


Major 


2Bn 


Verrieres 


11/ 3/18 


Vosseller, William _T. 


Pvt. 


MG 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Vovienty, Vincenti 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Vrindten, Edward S. 


Pvt. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Wade, Harry 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


10/29/18 


Wadsworth, Floyd E. 


Pvt. 


MG 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Wagner, Joseph 


Pvt. 


F 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Waidele, Peter A. 


Sgt. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Wajciechawski, John 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Walczak, Walter 


Sgt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Waliszewski, Michael 


Pvt. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 


Wallace, Augustus 


2 Lieut. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Wallace, Francis P. 


Corp. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Walls, Jesse C. 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 



262 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 



Walsh, John H. 
Walz, Lovene F. 
Wanstrom, Victor E. 
Ward, Alfred 
Wardell, Frederick 
Warncke, Roy A. 
Warren, Jesse M. 
Weaver, James W. 
Weber, Joseph J. 
Webster, Reed E. 
Weikel, Louis 
Weir, John J. 
Weis, Edward C. 
Weisenritter, Charles 
Weiss, Albert 
Wendorf, Isaac 
Wents worth, Charles H. 
Weppler, John B. 
West, Charles J. 
West, Henry L. 
Westhoff, Eugene 
Westley, William S. 
Whalen, John 
Whalen, John M. 
Whalen, Leo J. 
Whaley, Earl L. 
Whaley, Jesse A. 
Wharton, George R. 
Wheeler, William, Jr. 
White, Edward 
White, Harold W. 
Whitley, Harry D. 
Whittier, Rufus K. 
Wickward, Louis 
Widrick, Edwin 
Wienke, Charles J. 
Wiesenhoefer, John T. 
Wilde, John W. 
Wilde, Walter N. 
Wilkenfeld, Isadore 
Williams, John L. 
Williams, Peter 
Wilson, James W. 
Wilson, Richard 
Wincierz, Edward A. 
Windlandt, William F. 
Wing, Robert R. 
Winghart, Leo J. 



Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Corp. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Pvt. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Cook 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/28/18 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/16/18 


Sgt. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/17/18 


Cook 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/27/18 


Corp. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Corp. 


K 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/32/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


10/24/18 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


10/24/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Corp. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


9/28/18 


Sup. Sgt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


MG 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/20/18 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Corp. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 


G 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Sgt. 


B 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/26/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Sgt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


MG 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 5/18 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Cook 


D 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


St, Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/23/18 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


9/15/18 


Corp. 


E 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 5/18 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Pvt. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


1 Lieut. 


1 Bn Hg. 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/23/18 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



263 



WOUNDED AND GASSED (Continued) 



Name 


Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


Witer, William 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/24/18 


Wirth, Harry J. 


Corp. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/18/18 


Wischoff, Harr}'- 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Wise, Edward L. 


Mech. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Wisnieski, Joseph 


Pvt. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Wojcik, Piope 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Wood, Harry- E. 


Corp. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/20/18 


Woolley, Frank W. 


Pvt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Wordell, Walter C. 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Wormuth, Charles R. 


Corp. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Wright, Fay E. 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


10/30/18 


Wright, Herman 


Pvt. 


D 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Wright, John 


Pvt. 


M 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Wylie, Warden 


1 Lieut. 


G 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Yack, Herman 


Pvt. 


L 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Yelpo, Joseph 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/24/18 


Yindra, Frank J. 


Corp. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


Young, Henry 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Zafuti, Guiseppe 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


Zahm, Joseph 


Corp. 


\Hq 


Nieppe Forest 
Thiaucourt 


6/29/18 
9/26/18 


Zakrewski, Carl 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Zaksher, Frank J. 


Pvt. 


H 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Zalinsky, Adolph 


Pvt. 


F 


St. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Zenga, Rocco 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Ziajka, Paul 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


vSt. Juvin 


10/16/18 


Zimmerman, Earl W. 


Sgt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Zimnoch, Zygmunt 


Pvt. 


H 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Zwisler, Conrad J. 


Pvt. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 



264 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



MISSING IN ACTION 



Name 


Rank 


Company Place 


Date 


**Anuziello, Domenic 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


**Bennett, Raymond J, 


Pvt. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


**Blatz, William 


Pvt. 


H 


Thiaucourt 


10/ 4/18 


**Blount, Howard 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


1 bn Is. 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Bogardus, Harry J. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


**Brus, Stanislaw 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Buckles, Clint 


Corp. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Busch, Gustav A. 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Cardines, Bernado 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


**Chimsky, William 


Pvt. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Ciamprone, Pancrazio 


Pvt. 


B 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


**Ciswskie, Alex 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Bois des Loges^ 


10/19/18 


Cittadino, Eugene 


Pvt. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


**Ciuffo, Guiseppe 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Collins, Daniel L. 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


*Cory, Harvey L. 


2 Lieut. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Costanzo, Giovanni 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Couto, Tony 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


** Cramer, Kenneth F. 


1 Lieut. 


2 bn Is. 


Verrieres 


11/ 5/18 


**Dahl, John E. 


Pvt. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Daley, Frank 0. 


Pvt. 


D 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


**Dudley, Alfred L. 


Corp. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Dumont, Henry 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Dunn, Ira C. 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/81 


Fitzpatrick, James H. 


Pvt. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Flynn, Joseph A. 


Corp. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Giaquinto, Benny 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Giorgio, Frank 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Gledhill, Lloyd H. 


Sgt. 


B 


Thiaucourt 


9/29/18 


**Hanes, Leon J. 


Sgt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Herman, Samuel 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Highun, Philip 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


**Hirons, Arthur R. 


Pvt. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Hmielski, Edmund 


Sgt. 


F 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


**Iachetta, Anthony 


Pvt. 


A 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Ingvaldson, Leonard 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Johnson, Frank F. 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Johnson, William 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


**Krueger, Isador 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Lampman, Fred 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Larkin, James R. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Larson, Martin E. 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Larson, Norman 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


**Leeker, William H. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


McDermott, William 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


H 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Malo, Arthur 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


* Captured, mortally wounded and died a 


prisoner. 




** Captured; repatri 


ated after the 


signing of the Armistice and later rejomed 



Company. 



CASUALTY TABLES AND LISTS 



265 



MISSING IN 


ACTION (Continued) 




Name 


Rank 


Company 


Place 


Date 


**Mann, Edward L. 


Pvt. 


F 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Massa, Nicholas 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Mercone, Pasquale 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Mills, Buell B. 


Pvt. 


Hq 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Minotte, Mathew 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Neet, John S. 


Sgt. 


F 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Nessly, George A. 


Pvt. 


H 


Bois des Loges 


10/20/18 


Normandin, Oscar 


Pvt. 


3 bn Is. 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


North, George W. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


**Novak, Mike 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


O'Brien, Thomas F. 


Pvt. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Overton, Harry 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


F 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Parenda, Francesco 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Paulen, Joseph 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


**Peters, Fred J. 


Pvt. 


K 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


**Pfanner, John 


Pvt. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


**Pryzbyl, Anthony 


Pvt. 


E 


Bois des Loges 


10/21/18 


**Rock, Alterie A. 


Pvt. 


3 bn Is. 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Roegline, Otto A. 


Pvt. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Roggiero, Augustino 


Pvt. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Rusy, Joseph 


Corp. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Ryan, Thomas L. 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Ryan, Joseph W. 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Sableski, Anthony H. 


Pvt. 


G 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


**Schardt, Joseph 


Pvt. 


D 


St. Juvin 


10/17/18 


**Scharoim, Arthur J. 


Corp. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Schierholtz, Henry A. 


Pvt. 


D 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Schlenker, William 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


L 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


**Schweizer, Peter C. 


Pvt. 1 CI. 


M 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Schwister, George 


Pvt. 


I 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Scully, John A. 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


** Smith, Andrew 


Pvt. 


F 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Smith, Morrell 


2 Lieut. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


10/18/18 


Stark, Axel F. 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


**Steffenhagen, Ernest 


Pvt. 


C 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Stellwagen, Wallace T 


. Pvt. 1 CI. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


**Stokes, Frederick C. 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


**Swanlund, William H. 


Pvt. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Thompson, Charles 0. 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Thompson, Milton 


Pvt. 


A 


Bois des Loges 


11/ 1/18 


Thornton, Adam 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Tieman, Fred 


Corp. 


C 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


**Tierney, WilHam M. 


Pvt. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Tluchowski, Stanislaw 


Pvt. 


K 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Trihey, John B. 


Pvt. 


M 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Vogds, Alios 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


Warden, Charles A. 


Pvt. 


L 


Bois des Loges 


10/19/18 


Wear mouth, George 


Corp. 


B 


St. Juvni 


10/18/18 


**Weeks, William E. 


Pvt. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


Yanneck, William E. 


Pvt. 


MG 


Thiaucourt 


9/22/18 


** Young, Archie 


Pvt. 


A 


St. Juvin 


10/18/18 


** Captured; repatriated after the signing of the Armistice and later rejoined 



Company. 



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